song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
musical composition; tune
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
secret meeting; clandestine meeting
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
lovey-dovey; head-over-heels in love
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
wicked heart; evil design
the last moment; the very end
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
(rubbing) salt in the wound
to rub in (e.g. cream into the skin); to grind and mix (e.g. pepper into miso)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
to warm oneself at the fire
snowdrop (Galanthus spp.)
to cross the line; to go too far
confectioner; confectionery; candy store
love affair; sensual pleasures
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
existential threat; life-or-death crisis