to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
drama; play; powerful drug
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to begin; to set about; to start
troupe; theatrical company
to approach; to draw near
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
resignation; acceptance; consolation
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
effect; result; worth; use; avail
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
to say; to tell; to state; to do
grudge; complaint; reproach
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to appease; to suppress; to calm
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
coat (of hair or fur); lie of (dog's) hair; type; sort; lineage; breeding
after a long time; for the first time in a while
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
fast-talking; rapid talking