reservation; putting on hold; deferment
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
waterproofing; making watertight
fire prevention; fire fighting; fire proof
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
way; method; means; (technical) specification
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
self-purification; self-cleansing
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to throw into; to toss into
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance