serious look (on one's face); straight face
good heavens!; oh my god!; gee whiz
preliminary step; first step
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor
briskly with small steps; trotting
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
bathing (in cold water); showering; swimming
wetting; love affair; lover
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for; amorous woman
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
of great promise; with a promising future
lately; recently; these days
emergency food; emergency rations
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
fluent (in a language); flowing
barbarian tribe; savage tribe
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
the last moment; the very end
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement