glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
controlled access location
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
beyond that point; after that
process; course; mechanism
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation