to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
royal authority; regal power; authority of the king
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
sole girl in a group of geeks
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
marriage proposal; courtship
to unfold; to unroll; to open
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to be transparent; to show through
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)