confusion; distraction; derangement
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
same kind (race); homogeneousness
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
mental derangement; mental confusion; alienation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
early on; earlier on; from early
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
prescription; formulation; formula; recipe
side effect; adverse reaction
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
because of; owing to; due to
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
meanwhile; in the meantime
to sniff out; to get wind of
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
you (plural); all of you; you all