to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to come (home) to one; to click; to ring a bell; to appeal to one; to speak to one; to impress one
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
large building; building with a long roof; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
complete failure; debacle; fiasco; disaster
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
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
red-horned demon; red ogre
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
bull's-eye; object of desire; most-coveted goal; male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...")
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
crash; smash; crunch; bang
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden