withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
being startled; getting a shock
affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
in succession; one by one
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
in the meanwhile; during the time
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
not caring; not giving a damn
while; during (the time when)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
writing paper; stationery; notepaper