finishing blow; coup de grâce
to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
by sheer strength; by brute force
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
weird; disgusting; sickening
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
fragment; one of the group or party
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to become better; to improve
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
fixed interval; fixed period
to detain; to check; to restrain
24 hours; twenty-four hours
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
syringe (usu. a bulb syringe); dropper; fountain pen filler