to maintain; to continue to have
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
mask; disguise; guise; mask
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
worthy of special mention
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
superiority complex; sense of superiority
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
two characters; two letters; (arch.) garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); (arch.) Chinese chives
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to be greedy; to devour greedily
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
woman of loose morals; lewd woman; prostitute; whore; harlot
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to have sexual intercourse
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
within the blood; blood-borne
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn