yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
to strike dead; to beat to death
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to ask a question; to ask questions
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to escape from; to get out
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
erection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening; welling up (of an emotion)
to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to be at a loss for words
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
start of a romance; beginning of love
(how) many times; (how) often
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
spirit; heart; disposition
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
your husband; her husband
married life; sexual activities (of a married couple); conjugal intercourse; (sexual) intimacy
to become an adult woman; to come of age; to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active
to delight; to please; to make (someone) happy; to give pleasure (to)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
terrible situation; awful state of affairs; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
university student; college student
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
breasts; buttocks; (lit.) two hills