to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon); vanishing; suddenly disappearing; going into hiding
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
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
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
memory; sense; experience
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
process; course; mechanism
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
cherry fruit (esp. sweet cherry, Prunus avium)
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
gazing at (in wonderment)
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
unanticipated; unexpected