secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
middle of the road; on the road; on the way (to one's destination)
drama; theatre; theater; play
about this time; about now
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
store; reserve; stock; savings
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
sex maniac; seducer; libertine; Lothario; rake
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
limbs; arms and legs; body
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
health management; health maintenance; health care
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
overdrinking; excessive drinking
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
economic strength; economic power; economic might
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way