study; research; investigation
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
clearing one's throat; cough
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
at least; at most; (even) just
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
superficially polite but actually rude; rude under a veneer of politeness; courteous on the surface but insolent at heart
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
unpredictability; element of surprise
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
student; follower; students and pupils
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble