stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
light brown; golden brown; tan
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
clearly (standing out); distinctly; sharply; boldly; in sharp relief
(set of) facial features; looks
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
(being angry) like a blazing fire; burning (rage)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of a visitor's arrival); informing (someone) of a visitor's arrival
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
menu; schedule; program; menu
to look around; to take a view of
shellfish; seashell; shell
else; in addition; besides
boy; son; baby boy; young man
light eating; spare diet; not eating much
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
overly familiar; overfamiliar; too friendly; too free; cheeky
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to apologize (apologise); to refuse; to decline; to be unable to bear; to be defeated (by)
(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
closely-guarded secret; top secret
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)