woman; lady; adult female
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
what the?; what's that?; what are you doing?; what's going on?
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
itching-to-grab gesture (made with one's hands)
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair); to thin (hair); to reduce in volume
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
hair on the back of one's head
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
completely; entirely; wholly
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
centre line; center line; central line
right side; right-hand side
as stated; verbatim; literally
one bundle; one sheaf; one hundred
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
humming a tune (while doing something else)
to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
rope; cord; policeman's rope
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
tips of one's hair; hair ends
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
left side; left-hand side
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)