to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
tingling; stinging; pungently
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
root; joint; base; crotch
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
with a start; with a jump
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
if so; in that case; in that situation
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama