provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to take flight; to disappear
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
how; in what way; by what means
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
sense of values; values; value system
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
weak-willed; easily pressured; pushover
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
to summon; to get used to call
to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
future; possible; potential; prospective
nature; property; disposition
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
to become fraught with emotion
family; relatives; dependents; household
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing