to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
stairs; stairway; staircase
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
because of; owing to; due to
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
finger; hands and fingers; hands
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to shake; to sway; to waver
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
kitchen; financial situation
washtub; dishpan; washing-up bowl
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
such ... as; or some such
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
considerably; fairly; quite
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal