pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
movements; bearing; deportment; carriage; behavior; behaviour
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
being in love with each other
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
arbor; arbour; bower; summer house; square gazebo
last ray of hope; only hope
literary style; form of (written) language (e.g. classical, modern)
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
schoolgirl; female student
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to cover fully; to wrap around
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although