to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
to sink (into); to get depressed
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
acting ability; talent as a performer
speculation; thinking; meditation
on countless occasions; many a time
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
cheap and low-quality play; performance not worth paying to see; transparent act; see-through scheming
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
being all smiles with joy
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
to understand from experience
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
random; unintentional; unintended
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language