light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
to become muddy; to become slushy
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
rough sketch; design; cartoon
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
venomous snake; poisonous snake
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
(political) power; authority; influence
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
ability; capability; skill
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
great shame; great disgrace; harsh humiliation; deep embarrassment; unbearable loss of face
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp