good-looking; fair; beautiful
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
outside world; physical world
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
troubled face; worried expression
women's language; word used by women
man; male; masculine gender
to employ; to hire; to charter
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
besides; in addition; also; moreover
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to find fault with; to question
stepping back; drawing back
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to check someone's temperature
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
out of character; unlike one
to whine; to make feeble complaints
veil of darkness; curtain of night
inside; interior; inner part
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
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
superficial; shallow; frivolous; careless; sliding along the surface of something; being slippery
drama; theatre; theater; play
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
guardian; protector; patron; parent
line-spacing in text; (fig.) between the lines
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever