something like ...; something called ...
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
as; because; with; due to
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
becoming complicated; becoming involved; being intricate; becoming entangled; becoming jumbled; becoming mixed up
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
flight; desertion; escape
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
conduct; behavior; behaviour
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
principle; theory; fundamental truth
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
forward somersault; forward roll
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function