narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication
being interested in someone (only) for sex
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to have a relationship; to have relations
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
increase and decrease; fluctuation
(arch.) wild boar; infant wild boar; pig
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
to catch off guard; to catch unprepared
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
willpower; energy; vitality
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to push; to propel; to shove; to spur (someone); to stimulate; to impel
row of teeth; set of teeth; dentition
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
discarding; throwing away; getting rid of; dismissal (of an employee); firing; sacking
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
empirically; from experience