to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
full dress; formal dress; uniform
conviction; belief; confidence
rack; ruck (rugby); lac; luck
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
already; now; no longer; not any more
lip-syncing; lip-synching
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
observer; watchman; lifeguard
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)