when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
with a start; with a jump
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
these guys; these fellows
to send or direct a person to
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
with a burst of strength; rapidly; in one go
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
by myself; in person; by oneself
to strip someone; to help someone remove (clothes)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); hard to chew
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done