dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to save; to leave over; to spare
to stiffen; to become stiff
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to cross the line; to go too far
to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
to give a cold (to someone)
to be prolonged; to drag on
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
public telephone; pay phone
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
bad influence; negative influence
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
article; news story; report; account
disintegration; self-destruction
reason; cause; circumstances
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
skipping school or work without a good reason; playing truant; playing hooky
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
middle of the night; dead of night
cruelty; hard-heartedness
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
timewise; temporal; chronal
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively