ardent; passionate; vehement
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
passionate love; ardent love; devotion
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
to shave off; to scrape off
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
billiards; pool; snooker; cue sports
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
string; cord; leash; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
long ago; previous; of a former age
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
yacht (esp. a sailing boat with one mast); sailing boat; sailboat
point worthy of note; good point; part worth seeing; (signs of) promise; good prospects (for the future)
single standard; single base; single-feature show
tsk-tsk (used to indicate that someone is mistaken); tut-tut
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
helping hand; help; support; aid
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
with a start; with a jump
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
protuberance; protruding object; umbo
inside; interior; inner part
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
thunderous roar; roaring sound