sharp rise (in prices); steep rise; substantial increase; soaring
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
talk; recital; narration; topic
kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
now that you say that; now that you mention it
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
mental derangement; madness; insanity
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
meteor swarm; meteor shower
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on