lock; padlock; tablet; pill
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
doorknob; door knob; door handle
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
simply; merely; only; solely
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
very likely; very probable
in terms of; from the point of view of
to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
(corrugated) cardboard; cardboard box; carton
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to push aside; to push one's way through
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling