sweet and sour; bittersweet
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
slowly and quietly; smoothly
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
disagreeable; unpleasant; off-putting; disconcerting
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
angel's raiment; robe of feathers; wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds; type of bug
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
savage; ferocious; atrocious
unregistered; non-registered
standing tree; standing timber
string instrument; stringed instrument
(for an object) to be shiny; to be glossy; (for a woman) to be alluring; to look sexy
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
case (of a machine, computer, etc.); casing; housing; enclosure; cabinet; chassis
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
able; capable; competent; able person; person of ability
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place