safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
inner-city area; city center
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
blank space; margin; blank canvas
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
type of flat knot used in nets
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
cause (grounds) for concern (anxiety); reason for uneasiness
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours
respect and affection; love and respect
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to explain; to preach; to advocate; to persuade; to prevail upon; to reason with
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
carbonated drink; fizzy drink; soda
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
ordinary citizen; the general public
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to ponder; to contemplate
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to comfort; to console; to amuse
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally