conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to become dim; to become blurred
to come into focus; to be in focus; to be on the point
to snatch from; to steal from
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
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)
focus (of a lens); focal point; point (of a discussion, e.g. on-point, off-point)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
half the body; half length
out of focus; off the point
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
takes (e.g. of photographs); exposures
to (dramatically) fall over; to fall flat
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
all night long; all through the night
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
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
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
nervousness; oversensitivity