restaurant (esp. Western-style)
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; distinguished; unrivaled; surpassing (e.g. beauty)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
settlement; solution; resolution
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
human relations; personal relationships
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
educational institution; school; academy; campus
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
two times; twice; two degrees
to repeat; to do over again
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope