(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to pay attention; to be watchful
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to look around; to survey
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (e.g. last month); for (e.g. 20 years)
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
everything; anything; nothing
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
next; secondly; subsequently
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud); to make a young woman one's own thing
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause