secret; private; surreptitious
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
I'd be lying if I said ...
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
although; but; even though; I wish that
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
mask; disguise; guise; mask
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)