elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
lamé (cloth made from gold or silver thread)
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
very young; little; childish; immature
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
tension; mental strain; nervousness
single standard; single base; single-feature show
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
standby; preparation; arrangement
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
very loud volume; megavolume
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
megaphone; bullhorn; loudhailer
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
seeming like an excuse; seeming like a justification; defensive; in an apologetic tone
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve