special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
suspicious-looking; fishy
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
treating someone like a child
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to wash away; to rinse off
restoration (to the original state or location); reconstruction; restitution
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
all over; all over the place; everywhere
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to bail out (water); to dip out; to ladle out; to start drawing (water)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to scrape off; to rub off
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal