plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
red-light district; pleasure quarters; world of the geisha; demimonde
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
taking into consideration; making allowances
place; room; margin; scope
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to stay calm; to keep cool
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
sphere; circle; range; category
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
underwater navigation; going underground; going into hiding; travelling incognito
somehow; for some reason; in some way; vaguely