(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
study; research; investigation
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
a married woman's paramour; lover
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
mat; canvas (boxing, wrestling)
creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
festive mood; holiday mood; festive atmosphere
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
powder snow; powdery snow
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)