mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
homosexual (person); gay person
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
homosexuality; homosexual love
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
difficult to ...; hard to ...
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
scrap (metal); clipping (from a newspaper, magazine, etc.); cutting; scrapbook
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
charm (e.g. of an innocent child); lovable nature
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
to bite; to sink one's teeth into; to nip
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
internal bleeding; internal haemorrhage; internal hemorrhage