extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
becoming dull; slowing down
Slow (Kylie Minogue song)
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
pollution; public nuisance; contamination
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
back (side); reverse; other side; inside; background; dark side (e.g. of society)
there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to throw into; to dump in together
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
remnants of a bean plant; beanstalks and pods; bean husk
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
hostile party; enemy side
to take a breath; to take a short rest
aster (Aster tataricus); Tartarian aster; Michaelmas daisy
to be bony; to be angular
fast pushing (of a button)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)