to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
pitching; throwing a ball; bowling (in cricket); pitched ball
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
unmistakable; evident; outright; authentic
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to badger; to pester; to beg
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease