to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to toady; to be obsequious
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
instrumental; instrumental music
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
race (of people); type of person
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
lye; harsh taste; bitter taste; scum (on a soup, broth etc.); (excessive) self-assertiveness; strong individuality
covered with; stained; smeared
dull; slow; stupid; dull-brained
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
spare time; free time; leisure time
to manage something successfully; to be successful
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
Gaia (Greek goddess); Gaea
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
sympathy; empathy; response
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place