bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
sincere; honest; faithful
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
such; this sort of; like this
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
people; men and women; each person; everybody
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
quality (of a product or a service)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition