close; intimate; on good terms
tenement house; row house
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
shifting gears; changing gears
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
giving; provision; furnishing
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
control room; control booth
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
high-level; higher-order; higher-order; higher-degree
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
high ground; plateau; heights; highlands
(sense of) presence; feeling as if one was there; feeling of actually being there; realism; ambiance
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
meanwhile; in the meantime