to confess one's love; to profess one's feelings
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
romantic; spicy; coquettish
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
system; institution; organization; organisation
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
bitter (flavor); bitter (type of beer)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
performance fee (actor, singer, etc.)
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
mole; lentigo; beauty spot
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
thickness; profundity; depth
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely