softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
far sight and deep design
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
loved one; lover; sweetheart
personality; character; individuality; personhood
particular; hard to please; fussy
same; similar; (just) like; equal
closing; shutting; firmness; tightness; discipline
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
rubbing cheeks together (as a display of affection); pressing cheeks together
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content