to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
drop (e.g. of water); drip
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
direct unforked road; straight path
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if ... doesn't suit you; if you don't like ...; if ... doesn't take your fancy
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
endless; boundless; everlasting
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
branch road; branch path; fork road
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
whereabout; about where; how much
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh