rain intensity; passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to open wide (doors or windows); to throw open; to fling open; to leave open; to keep open
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
essence; true nature; substance; reality
secondary; of secondary importance
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to attract interest; to capture attention
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to happen to hear; to overhear
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
that is to say; so that means
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
all eyes; public attention
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
long ago; a long time ago; already