to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
dizzily; giddily; spinning; boiling up
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
weak constitution; ill health
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
had better ...; had better not ...
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
non-volitional; involuntary; spontaneous; unintentional
penalty; sentence; punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
serious; severe; grave; acute
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
example; illustration; precedent
trifling; trivial; insignificant