(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
end; close; finish; termination
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to suck; to draw out; to aspirate; to start to suck; to begin sucking
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
interior; inside; internal
carving; engraving; sculpture
stairs; stairway; staircase
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to lose one's footing; to slip
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to order; to command; to appoint
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
treasure house; storage for valuable property
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes