space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch ; period of time (during, while); duration; interval ; between (two parties or things) ; among (a group) ; relations (between); relationship ; midpoint; average; halfway; middle ground ; due to; because of
the point of ...; the place where ...; the part where ...; a position described as ... ; a place called ...; places known as ... ; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it; I suppose that ...; it's the case that ...; the situation is that ... ; at the most; no more than
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to swap; to substitute ; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.) ; to divert (one's attention) to ; to spend (time); to let (time) pass ; to infect ; to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)
to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised ; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in ; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade ; to get out (of water); to come ashore ; to increase ; to improve; to make progress ; to be promoted; to advance ; to be made (of profit, etc.) ; to occur (esp. of a favourable result) ; to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode ; to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce ; to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
to receive; to get ; to catch (e.g. a ball) ; to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.) ; to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence) ; to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge) ; to be given (e.g. life, talent) ; to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) ; to follow; to succeed; to be descended from ; to face (south, etc.) ; to be modified by
to hit ; to expose ; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against ; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class) ; to guess (an answer) ; to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)
to look (stare) back at (someone) ; to look at again; to re-examine ; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to get one's own back ; to look back (behind oneself)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; vacantly; abstractedly; blankly; idly ; dimly; hazily; faintly; vaguely; indistinctly ; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh; flaring up
to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust ; to sting; to bite ; to sew; to stitch; to embroider ; to pole (a boat) ; to catch (with a limed pole) ; to put (a runner) out; to pick off
to take on; to undertake; to accept; to take charge of; to assume responsibility for ; to take over; to inherit ; to guarantee; to vouch for ; to contract (a disease)