adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
to become better; to improve
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
letting (someone) die without helping
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
soldier; combatant; warrior
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
the same as always; day after day
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
descending a mountain; descent
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold