master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
preface; introduction; preamble
summer vacation; summer holiday
calmly; with composure; without fear; without a guilty look; with good grace
compass (for drawing circles, etc.); pair of compasses; (mariner's) compass; length of one's stride; length of one's legs
camping; campground; making camp
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
village; human habitation; human settlement
mother-in-law; foster mother; stepmother
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
rookery; breeding grounds; nesting place
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
cutter; cutting tool; box cutter; utility knife; (tailor's) cutter; cutter (boat)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
mental; spiritual; emotional
forgetting; lapse of memory
weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare; one's own weight
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
shameless; infamous; disgraceful