affectation; showiness; pretence
special selection; finest pick; top pick
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
striking; remarkable; considerable
slowly and quietly; smoothly
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
a matter for speculation; only conjecture; just guesswork
raging bull; ferocious bull
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
very interesting; of great interest
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
separation; farewell; parting
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
full ripeness; full maturity
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
to take up space; to occupy space
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
equality; impartiality; evenness
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
honour; honor; glory; privilege