brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (someone)
unidentifiable; unidentified
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run; to start moving (e.g. a vehicle); to take off; to get under way
midwinter; dead of winter
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
trusting too much; overestimating ability
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
direction of travel; direction of movement
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)