cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to die out; to become extinct
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to get strong; to gain strength
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to repeat; to do something over again
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to finish reading; to read through
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to check; to stop; to keep back
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover; lame duck; hopeless situation
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
suddenly; all of a sudden
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender