to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to kick flying (often a person in sport, martial arts, etc.)
next; secondly; subsequently
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
only; merely; but; no more than
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
quick work; (clever) feat
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
such; like that; that sort of; very
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to face; to go towards; to head towards
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
form; shape; figure; visage
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)