fairytale

(a)  

(critical) diatribe

(a)  

upon its release

(a)  

(idiomatic expression)
to take by storm

(a)  

to study, examine

(a)  

to tackle, address (a question/theme)

(a)  

thesis

(a)  

First of all, ...

(a)  

In the part where..., one sees how...

(a)  

In this manner, ...

(a)  

In my opinion, ...

(a)  

Moreover/What's more, ...

(a)  

Let us take, for example, ...

(a)  

for example, by way of example

(a)  

Because of this, one cannot deny the fact that...

(a)  

because of this, consequently

(a)  

I therefore maintain that...

(a)  

to argue, maintain (that)

(a)  

to support (an argument/thesis)

(a)  

In addition to this...

(a)  

The moment when...

(a)  

It is necessary to admit that this is an undeniable proof of/that...

(a)  

proof, piece of evidence

(a)  

undeniable

(a)  

It therefore seems (to me) that...

(a)  

Lastly, ...

(a)  

Here one can reference the example of...

(a)  

Here, one must recognise that...

(a)  

As far as I am concerned, I am convinced that...

(a)  

certain, convinced

(a)  

All things considered, ...

(a)  

All things considered, ...

(a)  

After careful consideration, ...

(a)  

ripe, developed

(a)  

account, testimony

(a)  

touching, moving

(a)  

dedicated to

(a)  

to paint the picture of

(a)  

visceral, profound

(a)  

to come to

(a)  

He is a family ghost, who comes to apotheosise the pains of the past.

(a)  

throughout

(a)  

in the course of...

(a)  

as/while...

(a)  

to deal with (a question/theme)

(a)  

First, ...

(a)  

When...

(a)  

Thus, this demonstrates...

(a)  

As far as I know, ...

(a)  

Furthermore/Moreover, ...

(a)  

Some important details that reinforce this idea are...

(a)  

It follows that...

(a)  

to follow, ensue

(a)  

In this respect, I think that...

(a)  

in this/that respect

(a)  

to think, reckon (that)

(a)  

Additionally/In addition, ...

(a)  

Let us consider the striking example of...

(a)  

striking

(a)  

It is therefore logical that...

(a)  

In my view, ...

(a)  

To draw to a close, ...

(a)  

One significant event/episode is...

(a)  

significant

(a)  

meaningful

(a)  

(of a plot) event, episode

(a)  

(of a plot) incident, twist

(a)  

It (inevitably) follows that...

(a)  

inevitably

(a)  

to follow, result (from)

(a)  

In this regard, I think/believe that...

(a)  

in this/that regard

(a)  

To conclude, ...

(a)  

To conclude, none can deny the fact that...

(a)  

to conclude

(a)  

In so doing, ...

(a)  

(of a sword) blade

(a)  

to depict in full-length

(a)  

(of a portrait) full-length

(a)  

tokenistic

(a)  

As such, ...

(a)  

(idiomatic expression)

to be glaringly obvious

(a)  

to come to mind, cross one's mind

(a)  

to depict

(a)  

to imply, insinuate

(a)  

to mean, signify

(a)  

meaning

(a)  

to symbolise

(a)  

to embody

(a)  

apotheosis

(a)  

antithesis

(a)  

simile

(a)  

chiasmus

(a)  

metaphor (comparison)

(a)  

metonymy (substitution)

(a)  

To this end, ...

(a)  

praise

(a)  

to knight (someone)

(a)  

defect, flaw

(a)  

to yearn, long for (someone)

(a)  

leader of a hunt

(a)  

deer, stag

(a)  

to loose (an arrow)

(a)  

hind, female deer

(a)  

fawn, young deer

(a)  

altar/church candle

(a)  

(by a partner) cheated on

(a)  

(of a man) cuckolded (in a relationship with a cheating wife)

(a)  

old-aged, white-haired

(a)  

to bandage, dress (a wound)

(a)  

plaster, bandage

(a)  

to risk, lay oneself open to

(a)  

attractive, appealing

(a)  

token, proof

(a)  

to unfold (something)

(a)  

fearless, impervious

(a)  

(act of) drowning

(a)  

(of a boat) rail, railing

(a)  

the quality of being greater in number, quantity, or importance

(a)  

ugly

(a)  

lesbian, dyke

(a)  

unfuckable

(a)  

fucked up

(a)  

That's fucked up.

(a)  

radiant, beaming

(a)  

working-class person

(a)  

working-class

(a)  

(of France) minimum wage

(a)  

minimum wage

(a)  

loser

(a)  

to lose

(a)  

shaggy, dishevelled

(a)  

to not give a fuck (about)

(a)  

to get a facelift

(a)  

to get a liposuction (removal of fat from the body)

(a)  

to get a nose job

(a)  

to not give a fuck (about)

(a)  

to sprawl out

(a)  

to whinge, whine

(a)  

timid, fearful

(a)  

bald

(a)  

to have a boner/hard-on

(a)  

to give a boner/hard-on

(a)  

(of a man) having a large penis

(a)  

despaired, despairing

(a)  

hole, ditch

(a)  

to remove (from)

(a)  

to take out (of)

(a)  

I'm going to take my boxers out of the drawer.

(a)  

boxers, boxer shorts

(a)  

(of furniture) drawer

(a)  

to take down (from)

(a)  

I'm going to take my tapestry down from the shelf.

(a)  

tapestry, wall hanging

(a)  

shelf

(a)  

(inf.) clothes

(a)  

I'm going to take my clothes out of the suitcase.

(a)  

(of clothes) to take off

(a)  

(of clothes) to put on

(a)  

Take off that t-shirt and put on another one.

(a)  

Next, I'm going to take off my clothes.

(a)  

to remove, wash out (a stain)

(a)  

to kidnap, abduct

(a)  

abduction, kidnapping

(a)  

(field) marshal

(a)  

(military) sergeant

(a)  

(of the cavalry) rider

(a)  

to break someone's heart

(a)  

baseness, vileness

(a)  

willow (tree)

(a)  

to start, set about

(a)  

to undo, dismantle

(a)  

to dash (hope, dreams)

(a)  

And her dreams were dashed and divided.

(a)  

one by one

(a)  

He saw his dreams be dashed one by one.

(a)  

She picked the flowers one by one.

(a)  

to pick (fruit, flowers)

(a)  

chivalrous, chivalric

(a)  

heroic

(a)  

to shake someone's hand

(a)  

enthusiasm

(a)  

vile, base

(a)  

indignant, offended

(a)  

tenderness, affection

(a)  

cannonball

(a)  

a row of

(a)  

to mull over (something)

(a)  

gossip, scandalmongering

(a)  

to find one's bearings

(a)  

meadow

(a)  

broad, wide

(a)  

dense, bushy

(a)  

league (unit of measure)

(a)  

to veer (to)

(a)  

to veer to the right

(a)  

to veer to the left

(a)  

knave (a dishonest or unscrupulous man)

(a)  

bullet

(a)  

to inspire tender feelings in

(a)  

to give oneself over to sentimental feelings about; to sentimentalise over

(a)  

(golf/tennis) ball

(a)  

(basket-/foot-) ball

(a)  

a clump of

(a)  

to know where one is

(a)  

to notice

(a)  

It's a matter of...

(a)  

It's a question of...

(a)  

shamefully, dishonourably

(a)  

brutally, sharply

(a)  

gossipy, slanderous

(a)  

garden

(a)  

small garden

(a)  

vegetable patch

(a)  

lawn

(a)  

flowerbed

(a)  

flowerbed

(a)  

rock garden

(a)  

(of flowers) hanging basket

(a)  

(of flowers) window box

(a)  

greenhouse

(a)  

greenhouse effect

(a)  

(of a garden) path, walk

(a)  

(stone) slab

(a)  

to pave

(a)  

to tile

(a)  

paving

(a)  

tiling

(a)  

gravel (path)

(a)  

(pieces of) gravel

(a)  

(garden) shed

(a)  

garden furniture

(a)  

garden table

(a)  

garden plants

(a)  

climbing plant, creeper

(a)  

(capable of) climbing

(a)  

to climb (up)

(a)  

I'll climb this wall to see.

(a)  

weeds

(a)  

shoot (the part of a plant that grows above ground)

(a)  

bud (the part of a plant that flowers)

(a)  

thorn

(a)  

(of a problem/question) thorny, tricky

(a)  

It's a pretty thorny question...

(a)  

(of a plant) stalk, stem

(a)  

blade (of grass)

(a)  

to wilt, fade

(a)  

rose

(a)  

rose bush

(a)  

peony

(a)  

wallflower

(a)  

lily

(a)  

lily of the valley

(a)  

May Day

(a)  

En France, le _______ ___ marque la ____ du ______ (May Day), une journée où l’on offre du ______ à ses _______.

(a)  

La tradition d’offrir du muguet à ses proches lors de la Fête du muguet remonte à ____, lorsque le roi _______ __ reçut un ____ de cette fleur, considéré comme un _____-_______ pour l’année à venir. Il décida alors de partager cette chance avec sa Cour en offrant chaque année un brin de muguet aux ______.

(a)  

someone's close ones

(a)  

kin

(a)  

to date back to

(a)  

sprig (of a flower)

(a)  

lucky charm

(a)  

to hide, conceal

(a)  

to request, ask for

(a)  

unsolicited, uninvited

(a)  

uninvited opinion

(a)  

His uninvited opinion always makes itself heard.

(a)  

to shape opinion

(a)  

to congratulate

(a)  

congratulations

(a)  

to not feel like it

(a)  

I (really) can't be arsed.

(a)  

to have the blues

(a)  

dandelion

(a)  

dandelion

(a)  

daffodil

(a)  

begonia

(a)  

hydrangea

(a)  

The blue hydrangea is flowering.

(a)  

(of a plant) flowering, in bloom

(a)  

violet

(a)  

lilac

(a)  

gardenia

(a)  

dock leaf

(a)  

nettle

(a)  

(of a plant) sting

(a)  

to sting

(a)  

Ow! That plant stung me!

(a)  

Dock leaves can cure nettle stings.

(a)  

goldenrod

(a)  

to foreshadow

(a)  

to tickle

(a)  

ticklish

(a)  

I've always been ticklish.

(a)  

to reify, make something abstract real

(a)  

to embarrass

(a)  

embarrassing

(a)  

to know perfectly well (that)

(a)  

relevant (to)

(a)  

relevance

(a)  

in relation to

(a)  

sole (of the foot)

(a)  

hyacinth

(a)  

forget-me-not

(a)  

carnation

(a)  

pansy

(a)  

marigold

(a)  

Which marigolds do you prefer, these ones or those?

(a)  

nasturtium

(a)  

cornflower

(a)  

condom

(a)  

racy, naughty

(a)  

to fuck

(a)  

to suck

(a)  

to swallow

(a)  

to spit (out)

(a)  

cum

(a)  

snowdrop

(a)  

primrose

(a)  

poppy

(a)  

daisy

(a)  

to play 'he loves me, he loves me not'

(a)  

sweetpea

(a)  

honeysuckle

(a)  

bluebell

(a)  

The first flower I fell in love with was the bluebell.

(a)  

indisputable, unquestionable

(a)  

to struggle (to)

(a)  

(inf.) essay

(a)  

essay

(a)  

slangy

(a)  

to shorten (a text)

(a)  

You need to shorten your essay.

(a)  

naïve optimism

(a)  

flesh

(a)  

the flesh of one's flesh

(a)  

fleshy

(a)  

thistle

(a)  

foxglove

(a)  

buttercup

(a)  

clematis

(a)  

wild rose

(a)  

wisteria

(a)  

snapdragon

(a)  

water lily

(a)  

lily pad

(a)  

gladiolus, sword lily

(a)  

sunflower

(a)  

camellia

(a)  

petunia

(a)  

magnolia

(a)  

dahlia

(a)  

(deadly) nightshade

(a)  

orchid

(a)  

orchard

(a)  

seed

(a)  

seedling

(a)  

(of plants) shoot, growth

(a)  

growth, rise

(a)  

(of a plant) cutting

(a)  

plant pot

(a)  

to repot (a plant)

(a)  

rose garden

(a)  

sundial

(a)  

summerhouse

(a)  

pond

(a)  

(kitchen) sink

(a)  

(bathroom) sink

(a)  

tap

(a)  

solemn promise, vow

(a)  

forever

(a)  

forever and ever

(a)  

curse, evil spell

(a)  

to cast a spell (on someone)

(a)  

fairylike

(a)  

to highlight, underline

(a)  

of or from Poitiers

(a)  

destined to

(a)  

(of a piece of writing) addressed to, intended for

(a)  

lower body

(a)  

unless...

(a)  

at least

(a)  

to undertake, set about

(a)  

to procure (something) for (someone)

(a)  

to give birth (to)

(a)  

the Lord

(a)  

distant, faraway

(a)  

Cyprus

(a)  

Armenia

(a)  

Bohemia

(a)  

harvest

(a)  

In short, ...

(a)  

I mean, ...

(a)  

courtly

(a)  

apart from

(a)  

to alert, warn

(a)  

to visit, frequent

(a)  

(extramarital) affair

(a)  

extramarital

(a)  

marital

(a)  

to give in (to)

(a)  

temptation

(a)  

to tempt (someone)

(a)  

to attempt (to)

(a)  

to carve, sculpt

(a)  

across, through

(a)  

waist, waistline

(a)  

henceforth

(a)  

to seal one's fate

(a)  

both, at once

(a)  

(idiomatic expression)

Never judge a book by its cover.

(a)  

male gaze

(a)  

to tell (a story)

(a)  

timeless

(a)  

timelessness

(a)  

unforgettable

(a)  

legend

(a)  

to fascinate

(a)  

to please (someone)

(a)  

protofeminism

(a)  

protofeminist

(a)  

that is, in other words

(a)  

to take on, assume

(a)  

independence

(a)  

independent

(a)  

to control

(a)  

narrative

(a)  

mixture, blend

(a)  

basically, simply

(a)  

to predate

(a)  

How/In what way...?

(a)  

powerful

(a)  

to make a fortune

(a)  

to attack

(a)  

figure, physique

(a)  

the Middle Ages

(a)  

resonance

(a)  

biblical

(a)  

Given that...

(a)  

associated with

(a)  

(original) sin

(a)  

supposedly

(a)  

punishment

(a)  

unbowed, rebellious

(a)  

rebelliousness

(a)  

misogynistic

(a)  

to tend to

(a)  

criteria

(a)  

condemned (to)

(a)  

to forbid someone from

(a)  

beauty standards

(a)  

unfair

(a)  

to prioritise

(a)  

patriarchy

(a)  

banality, triteness

(a)  

to take revenge (on)

(a)  

to encroach, infringe on

(a)  

in the same way

(a)  

to call into question

(a)  

failure

(a)  

(idiomatic expression)

to take in stride

(a)  

to use, take advantage of

(a)  

(of a story) ending

(a)  

to jump from/out of

(a)  

destiny, fate

(a)  

comment

(a)  

to comment (on)

(a)  

to discern

(a)  

to commit suicide

(a)  

suicidal act

(a)  

to take back control (of)

(a)  

predetermined

(a)  

to defy, resist

(a)  

monstrosity

(a)  

sacrosanct

(a)  

(childhood) trauma

(a)  

drawn, derived from

(a)  

stemming, derived from

(a)  

instead of

(a)  

guilt, remorse

(a)  

remorseless

(a)  

On the contrary, ...

(a)  

to demonstrate (that)

(a)  

before, previously

(a)  

(idiomatic expression)

to stand on one’s own two feet

(a)  

through and through, entirely

(a)  

(of a book) republication

(a)  

to collapse

(a)  

to be reborn

(a)  

bound, required to

(a)  

(male) heir

(a)  

prosperous

(a)  

to increase, multiply

(a)  

body image

(a)  

to claim, assert (that)

(a)  

unfixable

(a)  

to fix, correct

(a)  

to arouse, provoke

(a)  

fictional, novelistic

(a)  

...and they lived happily ever after.

(a)