shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
erotic; sexy; arousing; risque; sultry
sensual; voluptuous; sexy; arousing
tone (of speech, writing, etc.); style
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
source of worry; source of distress
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
street performer (comedian)
will (urge) to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
rare (or peculiar) animal
artificial feeding; accustoming wild animals to eating food given by humans
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
to sit down at the dining table (with someone); to eat with company; to share a table
blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
rough sketch; design; cartoon
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to quicken one's pace (steps)
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire