to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
although I say; although one might say; although called
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
while; even though; despite
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
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)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to