to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
innumerable; countless; numberless
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
(not) merely; (not) simply
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to make a speech; to address
all around; as far as the eye can see
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
how; in what way; how about
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
near; close; beside; third person
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
feeling; sense; impression
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why