prostitute; whore; tramp; floozy; slut
self control; self restraint
to push aside; to brush aside
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
questions and answers; dialogue
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to set a deadline; to fix a time limit
to detain; to check; to restrain
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to take flight; to disappear
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
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
how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?
to summon; to get used to call
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
future; possible; potential; prospective
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to underrate; to make light of
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
expectation; assume will happen; forecast