to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
for this very reason; that is exactly why
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
fiction; fabrication; concoction
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
rising; ascending; climbing
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
inside; interior; (within) one's mind; one's soul; one's heart
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to take flight; to disappear
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary