reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
how can (one) do something
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
just managing; with great difficulty
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
grand; magnificent; lavish; forceful; powerful; vigorous
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
beginning; outset; first; onset
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to take a breath; to take a short rest
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
again (and again); once again; yet again
hard struggle; strenuous effort
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)