abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
really; truly; indeed; good grief
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to throw at; to turn; to raise
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor