to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
to recover consciousness; to come to
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
payment in advance; advance payment; payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls); forerunner
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
(medical) doctor; physician
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
many objects (for study); encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to shave off; to scrape off
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to pierce through; to break through
other side; opposite side; other party
anything and everything; just about everything
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
just because; even if; even though
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness