to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
sunlight filtering through trees
criticism; blame; rejection; flick (of the finger)
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
one of these days; someday; one day
good news; glad tidings; gospel (teachings or revelations of Christ)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
all right (e.g. when guiding a driver); keep coming; OK; I've got it
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
above; going steadily upward
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
optical fiber; optical fibre
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction