evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
principle; theory; fundamental truth
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
to be too numerous; to be too much
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
if so; in that case; in that situation
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
on the occasion of; at the time of
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
killing two birds with one stone
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to put one's strength into
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
bed and food; eating and sleeping
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience