to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
female high-school student
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
way; method; means; resource; course
for today; for the time being
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to face; to go towards; to head towards
several minutes; a few minutes
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances