name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
to force open; to push open
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
love affair; sensual pleasures
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
to say no more; to sink into silence
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
pattern paper (for dressmaking); stencil
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to send (a person or thing) to; to deliver; to escort
about; concerning; related to; -ish
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
taking appropriate action; tact
accidental ingestion; swallowing something by mistake
to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)