to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
in proportion to; just as much as
to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
edict; ordinance; proclamation
work; labor; labour; toil
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
formal objection; opposition (e.g. to a patent)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
desperation; struggle to the death
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
about when; about what time; how soon
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
starvation; famine; hunger
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth