check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
second; number two; runner-up
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
above; going steadily upward
sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
sanity; consciousness; soberness
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
preparation; provision; guarding
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to be too late; to be too slow
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
delivering food (to elderly); meals on wheels