to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
calm; composed; leisurely
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
side of a geometric shape (e.g. triangle or rectangle)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
older brother and younger sister
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
one by one; one after another; successively
retreating figure; appearance from behind
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score