to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
(someone else's) daughter
to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
dial (e.g. telephone, radio, clock, gauge)
rock (music); rock; boulder; on the rocks
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
age of the Moon; number of days since the new moon; age in months (esp. of an infant)
brilliant; bright; dazzling
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
moonlight; moon; moonbeams
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
splinters of glass; glass shards
to rush over; to run up to
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
to kill; to choke the life out of
to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch
to become pale; to turn pale
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
Viennese oyster (sexual position)
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on