check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to break the silence; to break one's silence
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
ring finger; third finger; fourth finger (in piano-playing); fourth toe
light pink; light crimson
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
inside; interior; inner part
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral