root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
planned; scheduled; systematic
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
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)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
hard struggle; strenuous effort
medical care; medical treatment
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to rise; to erect; to get up
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
orthopedic surgery; orthopaedic surgery; orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
to be pretentious; to put on airs
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
forward inclination (of the body); bending forward; anteversion
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time