sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
perception; sensing; noticing
to approach; to draw near
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
to lure someone; to entice someone
to succeed; to bear fruit
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
concentrated fire; intense criticism
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; having no choice
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
having said that; on the other hand
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to pull in (fish); to land
reproachful; hateful; bitter
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract