suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information)
unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
sniff-sniff (of an animal); whining; whimpering
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
defeating in an instant; instant kill
unfairness; injustice; partiality
squishily; with a soft squishing motion; munchingly; with a chewing motion; mumblingly; while stammering
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
giving up; quitting; surrendering
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
to step over or across; to overcome
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to
to become desperate; to give in to despair
giving (someone) a peek (of skin, underwear, etc.); giving a glimpse
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
with a patting motion; lightly (tapping); (sticking) fast; firmly; sloshing (liquid); swaying
along; parallel to; in accordance with
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
indicates emotion or exclamation; hey; you
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)