yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
poison fang; sinister ways; crooked means; clutches
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to push aside; to brush aside
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
getting carried away; going too far; overdoing
out of character; unlike one
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
imposing stance; daunting pose
preparing for action or battle
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
way; method; means; resource; course
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")