friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
unclean; dirty; unsanitary; indecent; dirty (story, money, etc.); obscene
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
busy; having no (free) time
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
university student; college student
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
general idea; concept; notion
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
that is to say; so that means
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise