society; the world; the times
marriage fraud; fake marriage
having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
though one didn't intend (expect) to
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to blow through; to blow across
classification; categorization; sorting
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
provisional; temporary; tentative
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
still; as yet; as it has been
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
this and that; one thing or another
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth