personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
(your) choice; preference; wish
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to tuck up (a kimono skirt); to tuck in; to make short (a story, explanation, etc.); to cut short; to abridge
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to have a talk; to tell a story
last night; yesterday evening
after a long time; for the first time in a while
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
comfort; consolation; diversion
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
glance; glimpse; cursory view
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
three boxes; three box-shaped things; three containers
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome