-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
father; dad; husband; you; he
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
should do; ought to do; must do
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
exploitation; overuse; abuse
hard struggle; strenuous effort
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
vocalization; vocalisation
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
invisibly; secretly; privately
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to lose sight of; to miss
returning tit for tat; retaliating
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to step firmly; to harden by treading
sound pressure; acoustic pressure
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid