to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to hand over; to surrender
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to push down; to knock down
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to summon; to get used to call
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to total; to sum; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
at someone's (something's) mercy
cold-blooded; unfeeling; heartless; heart of stone; inconsiderate
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
pupil; student; schoolchild
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
making up a prescription; dispensing medicine; preparing medicine
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left