guest of honor; guest of honour; main guest at a tea ceremony
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to comfort; to console; to amuse
late at night; at a late hour
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
(not) at all; completely; utterly; very; extremely
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
animal (in nature); animal (in origin)
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
useless; vain; aimless; idle
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
colour; color; hue; tints
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible