to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
streamline shape; aerodynamic shape
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to pay attention; to be watchful
all you have to do is; just; that's all
waterjet (cutting, propulsion, etc.); water jet
return to base (of soldiers, military aircraft or ships)
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to brave a danger; to take a risk
diving; submerging; going underwater
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
being dotted with; being scattered
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
floodlight; floodlight projector
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)