rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
comma; decimal point; radix point
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
school building; schoolhouse
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
sense of guilty pleasure; feeling of naughtiness
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
indeed; really; truly; very much
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
wise saying; famous saying
eccentric; crank; oddball
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
life; living; I; me; student
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to subsist; to keep on living
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact