long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
collection of short stories; collected short stories
to give a broad grin; to smirk
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything
to write in more information; to add (a paragraph, more lines, etc.); to tack on
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
feel uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
inspection; examination; survey
tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans); fragrant olive; sweet olive
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
observation; survey; watching
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
derailment; digression; deviation
had better ...; had better not ...
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat