establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
to be lacking in options; to be too few
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
intelligence or information network
to say no more; to sink into silence
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain