here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to scrape off; to shave off
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
forcibly; against one's will
right in the midst of; right at the height of
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
slowly and quietly; smoothly
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
hook (high point of a song); chorus
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to torment; to torture; to harass
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance