disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
critic; reviewer; commentator
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
movie; film; motion picture
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
like everyone else; like most people; like an ordinary person; as much as anyone else
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
main cause; primary factor
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
to find out; to discover; to locate
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
technical; technological; practical
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
memories; recollections; reminiscence
slim; slender; slight; delicate
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
at that time; in those days
most favorite; in high favor
to badger; to pester; to beg
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
very young; little; childish; immature
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly