dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
bribe; sweetener; douceur
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
reef; sunken rock; unforeseen difficulty
dog paddle (swimming style); doggy paddle
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent
waterpower; running water; falling overboard; draining (of a rice paddy before harvest)
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
sea level; (surface of) sea
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down