shaft (e.g. machinery); axle; shaft (golf club); mine shaft; pit
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
to tumble down; to roll down
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; misplaced kindness
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to run down (stairs, etc.)
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature (disposition)
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
color sample (for paint, etc.) (colour); color chart (for choosing web colors, etc.) (colour)
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway