feminine; womanly; female
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
blighted love; disappointed love
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to remain married for life
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
posterity; future life; life to come
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
other than; excluding; without
switching off (e.g. electricity); turning off (e.g. water); off-season; offset; off-road; off-line; off (the price)
to jabber; to chatter; to chat with
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
fickle; inconstant; capricious; having many romantic interests
comparatively; quite; rather
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
knob; handle; snack (to have with a drink); side dish; a pinch (e.g. of salt); (file) handle
to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
irritation; annoyance; frustration
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
near oneself; close to one; familiar
depending on; dependent on
judgment; judgement; discernment
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word