nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
health; healthy; sound; fit
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
wherein; therein; thereinto
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
main battery; main armament
to recall; to remember; to recollect
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
simply; merely; only; solely
to serve; to work for; to attend
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration