lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
turtleneck; turtle-necked sweater; polo-neck(ed) sweater
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
way; method; means; resource; course
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
carbonization; carbonisation
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
(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)
inside; interior; inner part
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)