to be out of breath; to breathe hard (e.g. during physical activity); to pant
abandoned building; derelict building
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
rubble; debris; wreckage; trash; rubbish
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; far more than; nowhere near just; well beyond
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
collapse; break; cave-in; market decline; market crash
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
blueness; greenness; tinge of blue; (vegetable) garnish
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
charging (electrically); recharging one's batteries (e.g. by taking a nap); replenishing (one's energy)
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to discuss; to talk together
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
deed; act; conduct; behavior; asceticism
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo