twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
route; way; course; directions
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
attractive body; nice-looking body
to be cold (to); to ignore (someone)
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
no holds barred; anything goes; no limits
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
companion; company; tritagonist
annals-biographies form (of historical writing)
chronological order (form of historical writing); ordering chronologically
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
very much; very many; more and more
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
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posing a question; question
voluptuous; full-breasted; buxom; voluptuous woman; big-breasted woman; glamour girl
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
sequel; later development
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
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