little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
bargain; good buy; budget
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan; kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
expressing oneself without words or gestures; force of personality
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
to be forward; to be impertinent
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
to press a question; to cross-examine
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
journey; route of a journey