to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
percent; per cent; percentage
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
wherein; therein; thereinto
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
abdomen; stomach; (lower) abdominal region; hypogastrium
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
outward appearance; apparent
very cheesy; very flashy; extremely gaudy
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
carving; engraving; sculpture
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
to rain incessantly; to downpour
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter