flute; fife; pipe; whistle
because of; owing to; due to
to be transparent; to show through
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
bottom step; bottom stair; last line; last column; bottom row (e.g. drawers)
marshland; wetland; swampland
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
upper tier; upper section; place of honor; place of honour; dais; raised part of floor
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
a little too short; slightly worse; a bit inferior
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
lower half of the body; nether parts
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
electricity; (electric) light
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
special; particular; peculiar; unique
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
living thing; organism; creature; biology
breeding; propagation; reproduction; multiplication; increase
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
not yet known; unknown; strange
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up