friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
water's edge; beach; foreshore
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit
something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
all-out attack; general offensive
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
whole face; all over one's face
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to go over the top; to act without restraint; to cut loose
leader; guide; mentor; coach
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
democracy; democratic nation
pasture; grassland; meadow
scenic; beautiful; picturesque