to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
period of time; time slot; time zone
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to keep in mind; to memorize
what time; (lit.) which hour
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to look forward to something
to walk away; to walk off
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to watch steadily; to stare
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
waiting for the traffic lights to change
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis