to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
to make one's rounds; to patrol
matter of time; question of time
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to lean against; to set against
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
ground glass; frosted glass
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
elementary; basic; rudimentary
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
room to let; room for rent
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
to coil around (of a child or animal); to grab (usu. out of playfulness or affection); to cling
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
carnivore; carnivorous animal