getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
preservation; retainment; keeping
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
in good health; alive and well; going strong
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
fear; dread; fright; willies
chastity; virtue; fidelity
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to stifle a smile, yawn, etc.; to bite to death
evil spirit; demon; devil
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
elder sister; effeminate man
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
(not) a single person; (no) one
being too late; losing one's final chance
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
one by one; one after another; successively
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline