reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
and yet; though; when; in spite of
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
to breathe while sleeping
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
breathing of a sleeping person
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
men's things; menswear; men's wear; men's; for men
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. someone's head); to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something); to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown); to add (e.g. music to a video)
the skin (of a human being); warmth of the skin; body warmth
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
to understand; to make out
sexual experience (with men)
(formal) shirt; dress shirt; business shirt; button-up shirt
manner of using one's hands
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to melt together; to blend together
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off