hegemony; leadership; initiative
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to make sense; to be meaningful
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
six nines (i.e. 99.9999%); sixty-nine (sexual position); soixante-neuf; 69
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
physique; physical standard; posture; sexual position
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
tingling sensation (e.g. in a leg); feeling numb; painful tingle; noisily; ears ringing
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
opposite; reverse; contrary
patting; stroking; caressing
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
opening and shutting; opening and closing
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
ecstatic; ecstatically; splitting headache
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
to be forward; to be impertinent
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely