to pretend; to act (as if)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to wash away; to rinse off
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
return (of something borrowed or entrusted); returning; giving back; repayment
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
infirmary (at a school, workplace, etc.); health center; nurse's office; nurse's room; sickroom; sick bay
to get dark after sunset; to turn to dusk; to decline (after a peak); to wane; to be lost in thought; to be in a pensive mood
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to smile a smile of satisfaction
draw; tie; quits; even; square
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself