minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
state of the war; war situation
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
much less; to say nothing of
single word; a few words; brief comment
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
the whole area; all areas
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
rising intonation; upward inflection; rising tendency; upward trend; feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
anything and everything; just about everything
enough is enough; no further!
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to appease; to suppress; to calm
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
such ... as; or some such
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation