performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
a little bit; a little while
linking together; tying in a row
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
French film; French movie
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to emphasize; to attach importance to
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
great difference; major mistake
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
high; noble; refined; advanced
romantic film; love movie
(being) worth seeing; impressive
boring; dull; uninteresting
synthesis; combination; general; combined; synthesis; colligation
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
social meeting place; watering hole
polite; respectful; reverent
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
curiosity; inquisitiveness
social life; social intercourse