seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
gradually; slowly but steadily
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
contradiction; inconsistency
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
connection; link; relationship
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
with a crack; with a smash
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
without leaving any trace