reminiscent smile; laughing at a memory; smiling to oneself as one recalls something pleasant or amusing
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
secrecy; highly classified information
refined; elegant; graceful; modest; reserved; restrained
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
inflated price (assigned in anticipation of being haggled down); overcharging; exaggeration
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to be perturbed; to be agitated
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
unrequited love; one-sided love
green light; (giving) permission; OK
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
deep emotion; strong feelings
first thing in the afternoon