substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
neckline (of dress, etc.)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
right beside; close to; nearby
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
nocturnal luminescence; noctilucence
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
grinder; grinding machine
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
phonograph record; gramophone record
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
stereo (sound); stereo (player, set); stereo; stereophonic
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
disorder; chaos; confusion
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting