the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to say; to tell; to state; to do
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
one person; another name; nickname; alias
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to sniff out; to get wind of
to put a stop to; to put a hold on; to put the brakes on; to call a halt to; to block; to shelve
urgency; exigency; emergency
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
demanding; difficult; strict
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
next; next person; room adjoining a noble's parlor
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
lightly; easily; carelessly
back handspring (gymnastics)
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
living thing; organism; creature; biology
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open