scene; view; prospect; outlook
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
primness; putting on airs; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
ripeness; mellowness; maturity
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
courting; wooing; making advances
boldness; guts; courage; gall; sangfroid
to be completely absorbed in; to fall for (something)
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
love; romance; tender passion; emotion; affections
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
loved one; lover; sweetheart
to fall ill; to be taken ill
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
smelling of mud; smelling of earth; unrefined; unpolished; uncouth
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; collection (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
trifling matter; urination; urine
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
seniority by length of service
indiscriminately; recklessly
unevenness (e.g. in quality); inconstancy; variation; dispersion; scatter; spread
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member