pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china
elliptical shape; oval shape
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
accurate; correct; precise; exact
not long has passed since ...
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
reason; grounds; circumstances
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
unfortunately; regrettably
soon; shortly; before long
to fold up; to fold into layers; to collapse (content on a webpage, etc.)
copier paper; photocopying paper
printout; (computer) printing
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
prescribed form (of writing); format
surely; certainly; without doubt
one part; one portion; one section
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
closing credits (of a film, TV show, etc.); end credits
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
to be mad about; to be hooked on; to find something hilarious; to find something so funny that one cannot stop laughing
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
(in spite of) being old enough to know better