whispering; murmuring; subdued
completely relying on others
not worth considering; out of the question
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
attenuation; damping; decay
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
half the body; half length
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
with all one's strength; with all one's might
sweeping sideways; mowing down
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to lose sight of; to miss
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
troy; weight system used for gold, silver, etc.
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
colorless and transparent
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to shake off; to throw off
upper half of the body; upper body
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
tips of one's hair; hair ends