clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
(short) rest; breather; break
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to creep about; to crawl around
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
space; interval; space character; whitespace
amount of light; quantity of light
to have meaning; to be meaningful
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to say (something) over one's shoulder
rather; sooner; preferably
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
scene; sight; scenario; setting
hard ball; regulation ball
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
to shake one's head (in denial)
business world; business circles; (the) industry
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
male homosexuality; bill of lading; BL
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision