certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
close; intimate; on good terms
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
basa fish (Pangasius bocourti)
duvet; bed cover; coverlet; quilt; comforter; eiderdown
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
acting ability; talent as a performer
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to speak; to say; to vocalize
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
ten-day period (in a month); ten-year period (in one's age); decade
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
with a twitch; with a jerk; with a flutter; with a dip; with a bob
to tinker with; to fumble with; to fiddle with; to twiddle
to be satisfied; to be pleased; to be proud; to show pleasure (in one's voice or expression); to moan with pleasure