to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to go out and away; to leave
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to discuss; to talk together
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (a letter) till called for
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
near oneself; close to one; familiar
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
in proportion to; according to; depending on
serious wound; serious injury
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
idle talk; chit-chat; gossip
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; to be in a fix; to be in a desperate situation; to be in a pinch; to be in a predicament