to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
schedule; program; programme; agenda
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
consul (of the Roman republic)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
to get narrower; to contract
joints; points (of a speech)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
influential person; man of importance
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
convenient; handy; useful
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain