aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
hard fight; difficult struggle
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
flaring up; bursting into flames
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
successive generations; successive emperors
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
cooperation; collaboration
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
pretension; assumption (of a title)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)