surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
plural; multiple; several
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to feel affectionate towards; to have feelings for; to care for; to hold dear
reason; cause; circumstances
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to breathe out; to exhale
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
adopted daughter; foster daughter
foster father; adoptive father
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
loved one; lover; sweetheart
preference; priority; precedence
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
by all means; no matter what; at any rate