photograph of two people, usu. male and female; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service where a couple are randomly connected for a conversation
to be free; to be available
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to take over; to hand over
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
silence; stillness; quietness
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
point in common; common feature
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to subsist; to keep on living
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for