fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
it's been a long time; long time no see
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
to press a question; to cross-examine
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
married woman; another's wife
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
persuasion by tears; using tears to get one's way; sob story
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
endless; boundless; everlasting
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
supreme; sublime; highest
on the occasion of; at the time of
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)