care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
bent back; hunchback; stoop
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
novel; story; (work of) fiction
as expected; as predicted
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
strong reaction (against); (transplant) rejection
somewhat below; slightly below
my personal (e.g. opinion)
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
he; she; this; this one; hey, you!; you bastard!
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
minuteness; one millionth
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
model; (good) example; exemplar; paragon
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
mating season; estrus (oestrus); estrum; the rut
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
as a child; when one was a child
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding
existence; possession; having; limited company
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
beautiful boy; pretty boy; handsome boy
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer