self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
contrived; false-sounding
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
paulownia (Paulownia tomentosa); empress tree; foxglove tree
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
dead person; deceased person
death from disease; death from illness
to be talked about behind one's back
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
other than; excluding; without
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
day of month; counter for days