to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
heterogeneity; heterogenecity
chapter one; first chapter
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
handbook; instruction book; manual
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
return of something; repayment
having a habit of stealing things; being light-fingered
power balance; balance of power
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
going to bed (usu. with someone)
to answer; to respond; to meet; to satisfy; to accept
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
six nines (i.e. 99.9999%); sixty-nine (sexual position); soixante-neuf; 69
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
with a pitter-patter; choked up (with emotion); heart-wringing; momentary tightening of one's chest caused by powerful feelings (e.g. parting with a loved one)
exactly as stated; verbatim
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
chasm; interstice; crevice; vulva; slit; cunt