whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
not yet known; unknown; strange
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
(not) even once; (not) ever
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to survive (when others died); to outlive others
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to know thoroughly; to have full knowledge of
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
crying face; face of a person who is crying
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to burst open; to pop; to split
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
discovery; detection; finding
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)