dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle; twinkling; glistening
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
family; relatives; dependents; household
deed; act; work; performance
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
bad news; news of a death; death notice
to give no leeway; to press (for an answer, etc.); to shower (questions on someone)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
to be given up; to be discontinued
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
the last moment; the very end
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
control; check; restraint; inhibition
prospects of victory; chances of success
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
as many (people) as possible
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
true character; real nature
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees