oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to push away; to push aside; to shove
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
interest (in something); enthusiasm
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
planning; project; plan; design
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
age thirty; one's thirties
unmarried; not yet married
broadcast program; broadcast programme
cheering group; cheering squad
commemorable; worth commemorating; momentous; monumental
first time; first; initial
making a guest appearance; guest starring
love affair; love relationship
episode; anecdote; vignette
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
one's post; place of work; workplace
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
head of the student council; president of the student council
program (e.g. TV); programme
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to play a leading role; to play a central part
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic