pretext; pretense; pretence
how many years; how long; what year
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to carry something into a place
to rise; to erect; to get up
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up
coincident with; while; simultaneously
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea