to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
blow; hit (on the body); beating
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
almost; roughly; approximately
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
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)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
waterfowl; water bird; shorebird
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion