to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to take off one's clothes; to undress; to strip naked; to become naked
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
animal desires; carnal desires; lust
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
strip show; striptease; stripping; removing one's clothes; strip (e.g. of wood)
to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
erotic novel; amorous novel; pornographic novel
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
heart sound; cardiac sound
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
stark naked; completely naked; nude
the very start; the very beginning
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
self-conscious; self-aware
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
to spread one's legs; to agree to have sex (for a woman)
bull; bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie