to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
extreme sadist; very sadistic
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
love story; romance; love affair
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; (lit.) relationship of dogs and monkeys
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
irony; rhetorical question
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to concern; to be related
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
novel; original; new; innovative
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
considerably; greatly; a lot
the world in general; society; convention
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to