profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
unable to speak (due to overwhelming emotion); soundless; mute
how many years; how long; what year
at first; initially; in the beginning
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
how much; how many; to what extent; oh my god; how; what the
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
resignation; acceptance; consolation
half and half; fifty-fifty
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one; to burst (of a boil, abscess, etc.)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to escape from; to get out
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why