evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
war; battle; match; game; competition
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
serious wound; serious injury
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to run around; to bustle about
toxin; poisonous substance
internal organs; viscera; intestines
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
entreaty; supplication; petition
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
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)
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)
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
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
alternately; by turns; one after the other
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 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