to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
almost; roughly; approximately
hearsay; learning by hearsay
development; exploitation
death during sexual intercourse
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
economic world; financial circles; business community
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
template; run of the mill; formulaic
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted