bright; intelligent; clever; smart
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
ill will; malice; evil intent
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to crumble away; to collapse
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to shake; to sway; to waver
stepwise; one step at a time
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
like that; that way; thus
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
is something that; is that which
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
regret; repentance; remorse
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever