to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means; at all costs; at any cost; no matter what (happens); by fair means or foul
depravity; corruption; degradation
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to one's heart's content; as much as one likes; without reserve; freely; to the full
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
firm; strong; solid; stable
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord; to be gut-wrenching
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
superfine; extra-fine; extremely thin; extra-fine woollen yarn
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
living room (Western style); sitting room
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
starvation; famine; hunger