to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
after that; afterwards; thereafter
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to stiffen; to become stiff
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
vinyl chloride; chloroethylene
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
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
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to crouch; to squat; to cower
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to be opposite; to face each other