with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
looking or acting as if one owned the place
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
another time; some other time
(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement
absorption; suction; attraction
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
shopping; purchased goods
(lucky) find; bargain; good buy; treasure trove
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
if you like; if you prefer; if it suits you; if it's fine with you; if you don't mind; if necessary
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs
in succession; one by one
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to devour; to bite to death
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
children's story; fairy tale
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute