drama; play; powerful drug
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
how long; how far; how much
to become empty; to be emptied
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
extinguishing a fire; fire fighting
wounded person; injured person
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
suffix for familiar person
to hesitate to say; to hem and haw; to falter in one's speech; to be stuck for a word; to mumble
physical work; manual labour (labor)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
flight; desertion; escape
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to ascend; to go up; to climb
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead