to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
clearing one's throat; cough
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
more than friends, less than lovers
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
everything; anything; nothing
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
orphan; person without friends
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
security for a loan; collateral
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
settlement; solution; resolution
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb