to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
forcibly; against one's will
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
maintenance; preservation; improvement
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
creation; generation; formation; derivation
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
retention; maintenance; preservation
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
innumerable; countless; numberless
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
to like; to love; to be fond of
deep-frying without breading or batter; food deep-fried without breading or batter
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
to be transparent; to show through
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)