approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to give a round of applause; to applaud
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
button (clothing); push-button
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to take back; to recapture
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
reigning; controlling; dictating
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail