to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
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
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
standing tall; towering; soaring
to harm; to cause harm to
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
reversal; return; return gift; return favour; barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
firm; strong; solid; stable
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
operation; functioning; running
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
nothing but; none other than
clear; precise; definite; distinct
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
office; official; chief; head