byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
wounded person; injured person
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
back street; back alley; off-street
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
chair; stool; post; office; position
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to order; to command; to appoint
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
distinction; differentiation; classification
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places