puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
at that time; in those days
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow