peeling off (e.g. of paint); falling off (e.g. of tiles); exfoliation; desquamation; excoriation
young girl; lass; adolescent female
one color; one colour; one article; same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
himself; yourself; herself
enumeration; citation; listing
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
approximation; having a close resemblance
to be too numerous; to be too much
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
practice; practising; experience
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
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
reflective water surface; reflecting water
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to blow out; to spout out
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
left breast; left side of the chest
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to take someone's life; to kill someone
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to like; to love; to be fond of
repentance; confession; penitence
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly