to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to be found; to be discovered
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
classification; categorization; sorting
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
film released direct-to-video
or; OR (Boolean operator)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
full of things one could poke fun at; full of inconsistencies; absolutely ridiculous
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
probability; likelihood; chances
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
it is not (like that) either
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable