spoony; spooney; having a soft spot for women
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
being used to socializing with men (of a woman)
plump; chubby; voluptuous
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
thinnish; somewhat narrow
not bad; not half bad; pretty good
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to let your hair down; to have fun after a period of work or stress
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
to begin; to set about; to start
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to work hard; to work diligently
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
right in the center (centre)
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil