dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
technique; art; skill; move
acid; sourness; sour taste
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
on the occasion of; at the time of
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
to pile up; to accumulate
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to show up; to appear; to turn up
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
head; lead; vanguard; first
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to rain incessantly; to downpour
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible