to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
being concerned about or mindful of
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
offence; offense; hindrance
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
refrigerant; thermal gel; ice pack; cold pack
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
to press a question; to cross-examine
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding bed
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
(gymnastics) pulling oneself upward with a forward, circling movement; back hip circle
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible