to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
change in one's looks; change in one's appearance
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
special; particular; peculiar; unique
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
system; institution; organization; organisation
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
only recently; just of late
observation; survey; watching
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
God; god; ace; king; superior person
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
going straight on; going straight ahead
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
turning to the right; right turn
approval; acceptance; recognition; private seal; signet
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal