I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
such; like that; that sort of
title; index; heading; headline; caption
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
for reference only; in-library use only; not for loan
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
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
pressure; oppression; suppression
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
respiratory tract; air duct
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to strangle; to constrict
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to put one's strength into
to be turned up; to be turned inside out; to ride up; to be lifted (e.g. by wind)
preface; foreword; introduction
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend