secret; private; surreptitious
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
(metal) bar; (wooden) rolling pin
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
regular (customer); client who frequently visits the same prostitute
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
authenticity; credibility
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
use; utilization; utilisation; application
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
to take advantage (of somebody's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very