to be helpful; to be useful
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
decision; determination; resolution
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
while; during (the time when)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
to rise; to erect; to get up
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to hand over; to surrender
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
internal bleeding; internal haemorrhage; internal hemorrhage
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
consequence; outcome; result; blame
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
sincere; honest; faithful
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it