clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
the other day; a few days ago
very popular; highly favoured
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
all eyes; public attention
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
on the left as one faces (it)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
stature; height; size; physique
feigned; pretending (not to know)
everywhere; all over; throughout
station; office; guardroom
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero