cover; mantle; shroud; hood
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
metre; meter; meter; gauge
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
far away in the distance; in the far distance
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
back fat; fatty upper part of roast pork
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat