suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
supernatural calamities; harm caused by spirits
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
interview (with a doctor); history taking
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
half portion; inexperienced; green; poor (work)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
question; inquiry; enquiry
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to turn; to shift; to switch; to change; to alter
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled
leather; leathercloth; razor
long coat; full-length coat
smoking a cigarette without holding it with one's fingers; holding a cigarette in one's mouth
(a person's) appearance; looks
to look young; to seem young
unscrupulous sales practice involving expensive hard-to-break contracts
such ... as; or some such
feeling; sense; impression
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless