to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to sink (into); to get depressed
slim figure; lean figure; weight reduction
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
five (long cylindrical things)
real thing; original; actual
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
continuation; succession; series
bold move (in sumo, judo, etc.); daring move; powerful technique
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
defense; defence; protecting; preventing
to boil strongly; to be excited
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience