toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
all you want; as much as one wants
getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
(written) work; book; writings
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to persuade someone to consent; to entreat repeatedly; to beg; to implore
along the road; along the way
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
central part; heart (of a city)
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
of no interest; not interested
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
right of center (politically); right-leaning; tending to the right
left of center (politically); left-leaning; tending to the left
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to toady; to be obsequious
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
different person; another person; someone else; changed man