benevolence; charity; love
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
to be choked; to be stifled; to be smothered
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on); to flirt (with; a man); to make eyes (at)
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
(in) his way; peculiar to him
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
accomplice; conspirator; cohort
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
murder; killing; murderer
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of