direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to keep standing; to stand motionless
lively group (esp. of young people); dynamic bunch; group
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to run up to; to rush over
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to close (one's eyes); to shut
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
bottle of ink; ink bottle
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
very much; exceedingly; extremely
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
director (of a film, play, etc.)
superstition; superstitious belief
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
defendant's seat; the dock
to (physically) force someone to sit down
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
on the occasion of; at the time of
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)