spotless integrity; absolute honesty; uprightness
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
a glow; heat; burning sensation; hot flash
to win fame; to become widely known; to make a name for oneself
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
object of romantic interest; potential love interest
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
this is my chance; this is the (opportune) moment; here's an opportunity (that can't be passed up)
moment by moment; hour by hour
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
matter in question; that matter; the matter; the issue
present (brought by a visitor); gift
having no way of knowing; being completely ignorant of
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
contraceptive; birth control drug
long-serving soldier; veteran
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
street at night; making a night journey
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
decoration; ornament; trimmings
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer