ability in the bedroom; art of lovemaking
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
misogyny; woman-hater; misogynist
rate; late; rating; ranking
had better ...; may as well ...
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
possessed of a strong sense of duty
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
underworld; underside of society
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
classical music; classic; classical; classic (work); the classics
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
professional killer; hit man
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear