to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
soar (e.g. in price); jump; boom; sudden ride
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
in that manner; like that
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with