comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
at work; in the midst of work; working
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
calm; composed; leisurely
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
war situation; progress of a battle
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
that's the way it is; such is life
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
sublime; noble; high-minded
chance (of success); odds
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
sooner or later; in due time; in due course
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)