permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
large-hearted; generous; liberal; placid; composed; cool
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to approach; to draw near
baumkuchen (German spit cake)
excess; surplus; exceeding (a limit, estimate, etc.); going over
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to snap; to break (under pressure)
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
stepping back; drawing back
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
scope; extent; scope (i.e. an optical device); scope (of a name binding)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
appearance; expression; manifestation
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart