being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
to degenerate; to lapse into
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
menial; meanness; servility; abject
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
February; second month of the lunar calendar
pregnancy; conception; gestation
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
battlefield; battleground
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
(someone else's) daughter
end of war; cessation of hostilities
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
married woman; another's wife
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
very; greatly; exceedingly
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
guess; conjecture; surmise