to stiffen; to become stiff
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to shout (in anger); to yell
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to have meaning; to be meaningful
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to breathe out; to exhale
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
violent emotion; passion; fury
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
sexual frigidity; insensitivity; indifference
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
outside the country; abroad
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
this and that; one thing or another
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
contrary to one's expectations
anything and everything; just about everything
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully