synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
very great; enormous; serious
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
most part; greater part; majority
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
each and all; every single one; everybody
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
region; limits; stage; level
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient