beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
adhesion; conglutination; accretion; collusion; collusive relationship; cozy relationship
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
indiscriminately; recklessly
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
mountain chain; mountains
electrical machinery; appliances
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
tone (of argument); tenor; drift
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
to cross the line; to go too far
initial investigation (by police)
to stop (plug) one's ears
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)