cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
the other day; lately; recently
to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
to need; to call for; to require
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
English letter; alphabetic character
to finish reading; to read through
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
explanation; interpretation
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
most part; greater part; majority
illustration (e.g. book); picture
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
prohibition; ban; embargo
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
slightly early; just before