large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
furnishings; implements; equipment
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
peace (esp. of the world); tranquillity; calm
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
to part left and right; to open out
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to jar; to creak; to grate
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
blockage; blockade; blocking up; stoppage; obstruction; occlusion
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to shake; to sway; to waver
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to have gooseflesh (e.g. from cold or horror)
cannot be compared with; no match for
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to dry up completely; to become stale
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
fricative; fricative consonant