dark-natured; gloomy; dour; moody; insular; glum
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
sensitivity; susceptibility
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to take off one's clothes; to undress
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie
socks; sock; stockings; stocking
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
living thing; living creature; animal; life
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
thick with smoke, moisture or odor; hard to breathe (air)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to be bad for health; to affect one's health
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
look!; there!; here!; that is
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
ability; performance; efficiency
to explain adequately; to be accountable
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
well curb; well kerb; family crest design based on a square wooden well curb
purity; homogeneity; unadorned
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud