self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
boisterously; roughly; briskly
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
white horse; unrefined sake
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to run about; to rush about
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
acrylic (esp. acrylic fibre, fiber)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
to come and go; to go back and forth
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
to walk in on; to tread upon
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
upper floor (of a building)
to save; to leave over; to spare
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
old couple; elderly couple
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to tinker with; to fumble with; to twist up
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
irrepressibly aroused (esp. sexually); stimulated