helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
to comfort; to console; to amuse
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
recovery; undoing; recall
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to become better; to improve
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to lose sight of; to miss
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
(quality of) signal reception
laborious; arduous; strenuous; painstaking; trying; taxing
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to listen again; to ask again
unceasing; never-ending; endless
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
one act (of a play); scene; event
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
description; describing; depicting
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
flight; desertion; escape
to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
stocking up (in case of emergency); stockpile; reserves; storing; laying in (supplies)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter