vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
novel; story; (work of) fiction
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
sudden; abrupt; improvised; hasty; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to push (something) against
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
premature death; untimely death; dying young
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
student in a lower grade; underclassman
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to hide; to keep to oneself
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
being startled; getting a shock
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes