to survive; to continue living; to escape death
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
entreaty; supplication; petition
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to be too numerous; to be too much
health care worker; medical personnel
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
alternately; by turns; one after the other
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
shopping; purchased goods
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
one by one; one after another; successively
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
body tissue; body composition
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
programme; program; plans; arrangements
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
just because; even if; even though
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to