complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
interrupting a game; time out
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
child one is expecting; child in one's womb
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
meal set before one; women's advances
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus)
sign; indication; omen; symptom
many; much; plenty; hardly
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
how many months?; how long?
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)