to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
(another's) daughter; young lady
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
intelligence operative; spy
perfect; complete; flawless
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap