spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
group; flock; crowd; wide expanse (of flowers)
collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
group; party; team; squad; section
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
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
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
just above; right overhead
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading