one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to be needed; to be wanted
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
(smelling) strongly; pungently; furiously; indignantly; fuming
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
mule (animal); mule (women's footwear); spinning mule; Compton's mule
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
by myself; in person; by oneself
please; somehow or other; one way or another
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to force one's way; to push through