smooth; meticulous; painstaking; detailed
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to become engrossed in; to become absorbed in; to become frayed and dishevelled (of hair, grass, etc.); to be fluffy
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
dark night; moonless night
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral
inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; inexperienced (in love); innocent; naive
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to adhere firmly to one's principles; to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of a restaurant)
stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution