madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
absence; disregard; indifference
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to degenerate; to lapse into
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
to throw oneself (into an activity)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest