frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
they; those guys; those fellows
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
treatment (medical, cosmetic, massage, etc.); carrying out (therapy, hypnosis, etc.); practicing; surgical operation; procedure
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
black lustre; black luster
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
comma; decimal point; radix point
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
various places; several sources
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
to spend time (on doing something)
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into
to knock (a person) off his feet; to hit (something) hard; to send (someone) flying
spine; backbone; spinal column
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling