to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to punch (e.g. ticket); to prune (e.g. shrub)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
each (every) time; whenever
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
those (near the second person)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
because of; owing to; due to
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to have a talk; to tell a story
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)