dirty joke; blue joke; indecent topic; bawdy subject; sex talk
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
each (every) time; whenever
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
school rules; school regulations
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
in swarms; in great crowds
contraceptive device; birth-control device
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
anything and everything; just about everything
pregnancy; conception; gestation
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
in the end; on top of that
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to apologize; to apologise
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
another; different; something else
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
to not take seriously; to take lightly
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
very interesting; of great interest
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
before it happens; previously
person with a bounty on their head
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement