to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
looking away; looking aside
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
thought; consideration; thinking
than; from; out of; except; but; more
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
fall; drop; descent; coming down
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
while; during; while; although; all; both
front; frontage; facade; main