to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
negative emotions; negative feelings
all around; as far as the eye can see
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
succession; continuation; series; sequence
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
accumulation; accumulate; store
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
to some extent; to a certain extent
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
everywhere; all over; throughout
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
division; section; classification; sorting; division
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
principal occupation; core business
to increase; to add to; to augment
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
at the window; by the window; next to the window
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post