digest; summary; abridgment
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to be touching; to be moving
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
author; writer; novelist; artist
overheating; excessive heating; superheating (heating a liquid above its boiling point without causing it to boil); going to excess; running too hot
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
debut work; one's first work
award of excellence; merit award
to search for; to seek for; to look for
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
Shirley; Charrie; Sherley
foreign; abroad; overseas
key person; important person
thorough; exhaustive; complete
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
portrait; likeness; picture
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization; trivializing (an issue); making light of; playing down