the scruff or nape of the neck
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
action; operation; effect; function
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to count; to include in the number
tool; implement; means; furniture
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
police; police officer; police station
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
on the occasion of; at the time of
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains