stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
late at night; at a late hour
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
to fight to the bitter end
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
to spill over and fall; to scatter (petals, leaves, etc.)
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
the way back; the way home; return trip
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
threat; intimidation; menace
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to put one's strength into
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
happy tears; tears of joy
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
moment by moment; hour by hour