to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
control; check; restraint; inhibition
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ...
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to throw at; to turn; to raise
face with no make-up; sobriety
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
several minutes; a few minutes
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
stairs; stairway; staircase
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side