to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to give a round of applause; to applaud
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
standard; set; routine; decided
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
here and there; everywhere
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
supply; supplying; replenishment
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to move around; to move about; to get around
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
light meal; snack; refreshments
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
every person; every mouth; every entrance
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
gradually; slowly but steadily
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued