just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
man; male; masculine gender
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
preference; priority; precedence
survey; actual measurements
complementation; supplementation; completion
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to work hard; to sweat; to wash off one's sweat
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
this is why; this means; it is the case that
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
ammunition depot; ammunition dump; powder magazine
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex