swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
reaching; attaining; arrival
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
final; eventual; ultimate
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to mow; to reap; to harvest
payment to the government
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
hunting; harvesting (e.g. berries, fruit); picking; gathering
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
out of focus; off the point
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
seasoning; flavour; flavor
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion