to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
to pry; to prize; to prise
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
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)
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
covered with; stained; smeared
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to join together; to combine; to join up
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
that is to say; so that means
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
very likely; very probable
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)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert