indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to order; to command; to appoint
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
blunder; bungle; clumsiness
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
undesirable lover (boyfriend, girlfriend); passion; temper; irritability
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
tingling (with pain or numbness); throbbing; stinging; buzzing; chirring; chirping (of insects)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
it's not like; it isn't as if
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation