ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
proposal; offer; request; application
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
feelings; thoughts; meaning
sad to say; how sad; alas
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
late at night; at a late hour
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
near; nearby; not far off
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
(someone else's) child; child; kid
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
powerless; helpless; incompetent
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
to send or direct a person to