shoulder strap (on a dress)
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to taste; to try (food or drink)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
left side; left-hand side
hook (esp. for clothing); hook and eye; snap fastener; press stud; hock (white wine)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
double slap in the face (second slap administered by the return motion of the back of the hand)
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
stupid girl; stupid woman
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
at the last moment; this late in the game
anything and everything; just about everything
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
firm; strong; solid; stable
accurate; flawless; perfectly ordered; without deviation
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
coarse (texture or grain)