cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
unique; peculiar; singular
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
interest (in something); enthusiasm
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
having said that; be that as it may
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
to arrive; to come to pass
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
flood of emotions; many thoughts
to show one's affection; to express one's love
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
prudence; discretion; thought
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to jump at; to be attracted by
light blue; pale blue; aqua