combination; union; binding; bond
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to get strong; to gain strength
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
stickily; gooily; syrupily
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
choo-choo; chug-chug; chuff-chuff; brush-brush; scrub-scrub
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
during a telephone call; busy line
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
second; secant; sec; dry wine taste
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
trickery; (arch.) fiasco; (arch.) disobedience
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
in case of; at that time; at this time
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle