sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
older sister; lass; young lady
deceased; late; dead; departed
denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
speaking fondly about one's sweetheart (spouse, girlfriend, etc.); going on about one's love affairs
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
video (esp. a televised image); videotape; VHS tape; videocassette recorder; VCR; video (short film)
counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
main street; avenue; boulevard
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
childish; childlike; immature; infantile
special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
back street; back alley; off-street
gesture; gesticulation; motion
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge
to concern; to be related
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
(examination) failure; rejection; disqualification
marks; points; score; number of items; number of articles
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
priority; order of precedence
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability