beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to rank next to; to come after
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell; to be radiant; to be attractive
body and soul; mind and body
to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
to grant someone's request
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
first meeting; first interview with
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
another kind; distinct species; variety
error; mistake; fault; sin; wrongdoing; offense
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
state secrets; secrets of the state
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
to have the privilege of doing
custody; detention; confinement
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
to erase all trace of something
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to take the lead (in doing); to take the initiative; to be the leader