to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on ; to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture ; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend
to take out; to get out ; to put out; to reveal; to show ; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in ; to publish; to make public ; to send (e.g. letter) ; to produce (a sound); to start (fire) ; to serve (food) ; ... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out) ; to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...
to save; to rescue; to spare ; to help; to assist ; to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid ; to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to
to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack ; to unsew; to unstitch ; to solve; to work out; to answer ; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease ; to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege) ; to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss ; to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
water (esp. cool or cold) ; fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid ; flood; floodwaters ; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout ; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of ; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features) ; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to finish; to stop; to end; to put an end to; to bring to a close ; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to shut down; to shut up ; to put away; to put back; to keep; to store ; to do completely; to finish ; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to eat ; to live; to make a living; to survive ; to bite; to sting (as insects do) ; to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of ; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume ; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position ; to consume time; to consume resources ; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) ; to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
to use up; to exhaust; to run out of ; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to serve; to work (for a cause) ; to do to exhaustion; to do completely; to do fully
to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate ; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish ; to start ...; to begin to ...
unthinkable; unexpected; absurd; outrageous; preposterous; terrible ; absolutely not!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! ; (it was) no bother at all; not at all; don't mention it
fool; idiot ; dotage; senility; dementia ; touched in the head (from); out of it (from); feeling sluggish (from); not yet up to par (after) ; funny man (of a comedy duo)