clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
feminine; womanly; female
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
book; volume; this; present; main; head
(period of) a year; during an era
to watch over; to watch attentively
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to be sullen; to be offended; to be stuffy; to be stifling; slowly (exhaling smoke)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
time; season; period; phase; stage
number one; first; best; most; game; round
near oneself; close to one; familiar
genuine article; real thing; real deal
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
smooth (skin, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
since when; from when; how long
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean