tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to complain; to lodge a complaint
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
interruption; suspension; break
to bake; to plate; to print; to burn into one's memory; to sear into one's consciousness
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
publicity; advertisement; advertising; propaganda
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to be too numerous; to be too much
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
from the viewpoint of; according to
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
winter wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
retrogression; regression
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to abandon; to give up on; to desert