a gathering of many beautiful women (talented people); simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; (lit.) hundred flowers blooming in profusion
long; drawn-out; very long
stop it!; enough!; cut it out
bon voyage!; have a nice trip!
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
no-holds-barred party; free and easy gathering
worthy of special mention
negative personality; asocial type
interval; step; pitch; key
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
blood congestion; -stasis
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
to take by deception; to defraud someone of; to swindle someone out of; to cheat someone out of
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
hard or crushing blow; severe attack
to feel gloomy; to have doubts (e.g. about the future); to be at a loss (e.g. over what to do)
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
reading too much into (what ... says)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
the same age; same period
helm; (ship's) steering wheel
cruiser (i.e. warship or cabin cruiser)
giant clam (any clam of subfamily Tridacnidae); giant clam shell
mantis shrimp (any marine crustacean of order Stomatopoda, esp. the species Oratosquilla oratoria)
to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans