to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
voluntary; optional; free; elective
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
fishy; dubious; questionable; false-looking
incident; affair; happening; event
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
matter of concern and interest
preference; priority; precedence
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
bad news; news of a death; death notice
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
snatching; stealing; seizure; usurpation
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint