sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
transactions; dealings; business
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to listen again; to ask again
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
shyness; bashfulness; shame
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to squeeze out; to wring out
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
concession; conciliation; compromise
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
and then; and so; and; so then
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
prospects of victory; chances of success
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
no matter what anyone says; regardless of what is said
clothes; clothing; garments
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms