(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
prickling; stinging; tingling
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to have the (full, general) selection available; to have (a lineup) from A to Z; to have the full array of
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
ordinary; common; mediocre
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to distract one's attention
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
attenuation; damping; decay
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
to make a list; to enumerate
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
classified document; confidential document; top secret document; sensitive documents
to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
transparent; plain (glass or glasses)
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
January; first month of the lunar calendar
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous