hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to make a vow; to take an oath
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
feeling sick; feeling nauseous; feeling unwell; feeling displeased; feeling offended; feeling irritated
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
to be slippery; to be slimy
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
with a clatter; with a rattle; persistently (complaining, etc.); annoyingly; messy; cluttered
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to affect; to impact; to influence
to lean coquettishly against; to snuggle into; to nestle into
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
painful but pleasant (of a massage, stretching, etc.)
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
wale (on the skin); welt; weal
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to look down on; to condescend