drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
calculated; premeditated; considered
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
appearance; expression; manifestation
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to be needed; to be wanted
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
perfect; complete; flawless
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to put one's strength into
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)