wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
at first; in the beginning; originally
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to collapse (physically or emotionally); to fall down
short pause; short interval
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
training (animals); breaking (animals)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
curiosity; inquisitiveness
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification