beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
official announcement; proclamation
to pick up; to find; to gather
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
almost; roughly; approximately
pizzeria; pizza parlor (parlour); pizza place
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
division of labour; division of labor; splitting into groups (e.g. to search)
deliverer; deliveryman; delivery person
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
from here; from this place
another time; some other time
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
calculated; premeditated; considered
installment; instalment; premium; bill
very careful; thoroughly prepared
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
national network broadcast; nation-wide broadcast
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to thrust before; to thrust at
to take someone's life; to kill someone
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off