in person; personally; directly
to try all possible means
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
overly optimistic; easygoing; irresponsible; naive; simple-minded
ultimate; final; last; eventual
counter for choices, options, etc.
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to show up; to appear; to turn up
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to burst (open); to break; to split
in that manner; like that
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
like this; in this way; as you see
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
as before; as ever; as it was originally
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
price; cost; value; worth; value