precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
suddenly; all of a sudden
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to rank next to; to come after
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
whistle (sound made with the lips)
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
musical dance; music and dancing
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
as a child; when one was a child
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
musical composition; tune
man; male; masculine gender
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
detached; aloof; indifferent
switching over to; migration; transition
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid