groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
quietly; slowly; gracefully
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
manner of using one's hands
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
to be worried; to be troubled
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
to employ; to hire; to charter
calm; composed; leisurely
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to make an appeal; to urge
stirring; slight movement