to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear
starting point; starting line
material for experiments; experimental material
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
new life; fresh start; new routine
theatre-going; theater-going
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
anxiously; impatiently; worriedly; fretting; getting worked up
hard to get; hard to come by
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
depths of Hell; abyss; inescapable situation
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire
intermediate frequency; interferon; impact factor (of an academic journal); interface; index fund
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to be bony; to be angular
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage