pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
(opening of a) wound; cut
to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
as before; as ever; as it was originally
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
to part left and right; to open out
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
it's no joke; gimme a break!
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to walk (a bicycle, scooter, etc.); to push; to wheel
to put one's strength into
to push away; to push aside; to shove
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
sorry; too bad (for you)!; tough luck!
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
silver (Ag); silver (color); silver (medal, prize, etc.); silver coin; silver general; bank; (arch.) money
to play around; to gallivant about
total eclipse of the Moon
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with