alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse
offensive (movement); aggression
queen (consort); empress (consort)
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
bad(-tasting); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
deep affection; dear; beloved
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
at least; at most; (even) just
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
tough guy; wild one; veteran (in a particular field); expert; person of surprising audacity; someone with a lot of nerve
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork
long distance; long haul; long-distance race