rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
to crawl towards; to creep up to
alertly; vigilantly; warily; diligently; attentively
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
process; course; mechanism
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
simple honesty; tactless frankness
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
these guys; these fellows
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
to bury; to embed; to implant
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
union; combination; conjugation (of gametes); sexual intercourse; copulation
to interlace; to fit together; to combine; to mingle