to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
flattery; cajolery; flirtation
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
beautiful legs; great legs
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
taste; liking; preference
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. of a plan); to strike one's fancy; to tickle one's funny bone
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)