to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
written request; request for ...; application for ...
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to be enraged; to flip out
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
influence; clout; leverage
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
for example; for instance; e.g.
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
same crime; being equally guilty
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
relatively; comparatively
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
(not) so much; (not) that much
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)