replacement; substitution; rebuilding; changing
capable; able; talented; promising
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to blow out; to spout out
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to ask a high price; to overcharge
equality; impartiality; evenness
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
to thrust down; to push off
to kill by burning to death
to encamp; to take up a position
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
all over; all over the place; everywhere
starvation; famine; hunger
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to be injured; to sustain a wound
adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths