accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to appear in the newspaper
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
chance; opportunity; occasion
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
such; this sort of; like this
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
closing time; lockup; curfew
putting out the lights; turning off the lights
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
to celebrate one's recovery from illness