ability in the bedroom; art of lovemaking
remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique; go-getter; resourceful person; wizard
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
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
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
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
back off!; leave me alone!
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)