(sink) deeply (into mud, snow, etc.); (thrust) deeply (into a soft object); (involved) too deeply (in a matter, relationship, etc.); drenched; soaked; (arch.) extremely (drunk)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
roughly; coarsely; grittily
to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
ceremonial; ritual; ritualistic; formal
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
masturbation; onanism; self-consolation
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
whole face; all over one's face
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
completely; entirely; totally
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
largest class; top category
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
truth is stranger than fiction
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
period (interval of a game); piri (Korean double reed instrument)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
fascination; captivation; charm; lure; allurement
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
arch of the foot; plantar arch
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold