sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
pressure; compression; pressing
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing; making a takeoff run
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
chambered nautilus (esp. species Nautilus pompilius)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
chicken bones (e.g. for soup); chicken carcass; poor-quality coke (coal); left-overs; remnants
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
to surge (water or waves)
solitary island; isolated island
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
to draw water (e.g. from a river); to lead water to (e.g. a field, a pond); to supply water to; to irrigate
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
to string along (of rope, etc.)
hey there; I say; see here
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway