yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
instant; moment; for an instant
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
now; the present time; just now; another; more
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately