to grant someone's request; to do a favour
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
middle of the night; dead of night
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
to break into a broad smile; to relax one's face into a smile
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below; to wedge; to play a wedge
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
movie; film; motion picture
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
right time; appropriate time; season's greetings
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
verbalization; putting into words
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
the last moment; the very end
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
occasion; time; section (of a literary work or piece of music); passage; clause; season; term
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to move forward; to move on
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender