excelling; surpassing; outdoing
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
between times; when there's a spare moment
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
expression of love; showing love
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
moment; brief space of time
to cover fully; to wrap around
to become better; to improve
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
rational; logical; coherent
to awake from one's sleep
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
flustered person; hasty person
how can (one) do something
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
washing (somebody else's body); scrubbing each other
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in