lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
encampment; position; side; end; goal area
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
clapper; noisemaker; bird rattle; naruko; wooden clapper (held in both hands and shaken)
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
absorption; suction; attraction
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal
robust; fit and healthy; strong; sturdy
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
little by little; bit by bit
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
adhesive power; viscosity
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained