curl; curly hair; ringlet
distinctive; characteristic
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
with these words; while saying
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
the front; honest; upright; decent
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
at once; immediately; right now
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
bright sunshine; broad daylight
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
justification; rationalization
poor piece of writing; my poor writing
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
writing; composition; essay; sentence
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
big and round (esp. of eyes); round and cute; spinning; whirling; plump and round; chubby
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
execution; death by execution
finishing blow; coup de grâce
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot