sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
blank space; margin; blank canvas
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to get between; to be caught in
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
small token (of gratitude); my (humble) feelings
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
France; French (language)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
(establishing a) big lead; (winning by a) huge margin; breaking away (from the field)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
coming out (as gay, etc.)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
very popular; highly favoured
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to gather strength; to take heart
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
pure literature; belles-lettres