parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
with a wriggle; in a slithering motion; in a squiggle; with a spurt
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to start with the looks; to get the trappings right as the first step; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
place where one works; construction site; working area
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
as you see; as you can see
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
in proportion to; just as much as
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf
defective article; damaged goods; deflowered girl; unvirtuous girl
unsold items; leftovers; remainders; spinster; old maid
formal marriage interview
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
emphatic sentence-ending particle
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab