to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
impossible; unlikely; improbable
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
only; merely; but; no more than
bedside; near one's pillow
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
deed; act; work; performance
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to give; to do (something) for
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
still; even now; to this day
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
here and there; everywhere
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just