lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
in the same way as; just like
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to be frank; to drop all pretense
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
passion; temper; irritability
surrounding at a distance
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
to head towards; to direct one's steps to