tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
ballade (narrative poetry, musical composition); ballad (popular song)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires
inside one's heart; in one's mind
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
to be able to manage somehow or other
to subsist; to keep on living
race (of people); type of person
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
to change color (of leaves in autumn); to turn red; to ripen (and change color); to become sexually aware; to reach puberty