all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
sincere; earnest; serious
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
front; frontage; facade; main
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
bristle; seta; stiff hair; coarse hair
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to feel nauseated; to feel sick
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
negative emotions; negative feelings
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to spit out; to eject; to dump
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
pale; pallid; bluish-white
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
to join forces; to cooperate
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
feeling good; feeling pleasant
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude