to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
vacuum; absorption; suction
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
snake; serpent; large snake
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to hold firmly in one's mouth; to clamp down on with one's teeth; to bring (a man) in (for sexual purposes); to lure in
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to firmly tighten (e.g. around neck, throat); to constrict; to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to settle accounts
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
late at night; at a late hour
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to use up all one's strength; to die
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
virtual space (e.g. in computer graphics)
(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiance
synchronization; synchronized swimming
conviction; belief; confidence
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place