to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
nervousness; oversensitivity
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
mass; quality and quantity
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
drop-by-drop; dripping; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion; sluggishly; dawdling
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
all night long; all through the night
vigorously; at a great pace; greatly
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
giving up; quitting; surrendering
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
out of focus; off the point
half the body; half length
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
failure (i.e. an unsuccessful work); flop; dud; bomb
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal
to come into focus; to be in focus; to be on the point
to become dim; to become blurred
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of