to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
general; popular; common; typical
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to throw open; to leave open
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
with great caution; gingerly
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root