to save one's face; to maintain one's status
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to say; to be called; to do
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
young person; youth; young
a few years ago; some years back
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
to gather; to collect; to assemble
bottomless; unlimited; immeasurable; inexhaustible
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)