(young) seductress; temptress; little devil; imp
whispered conversation; whispering
to pile up; to accumulate
ardent; passionate; vehement
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
clandestine meeting (of lovers); assignation; tryst; (lovers') rendezvous
-off (price reduction); discount; -coated; -plated
sentencing; pronouncement of a verdict; passing of sentence; declaration (of a diagnosis, bankruptcy, decision, etc.); announcement; pronouncement
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
firm; strong; solid; stable
carrying voice; well-projected voice
unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle
love triangle; eternal triangle
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
notice; attention; observation
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
process; course; mechanism
to be betrayed by a trusted follower
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
courtesy car (e.g. at a hotel)
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
employment system; employment pattern
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
hot topic; talk of the town
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to mind; to care; to worry
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing