germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
to direct; to guide; to orient; to orientate; to align
to throw oneself (into an activity)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
split; division; break up
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
telephone made from two cans and a piece of string
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
accomplice; co-conspirator
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
negative emotions; negative feelings
overall; general; as a whole
classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; classification; sorting; grouping
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
indiscriminate imitation; monkey see, monkey do; blind follower
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn