spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
urbanization; urbanisation
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
classification; categorization; sorting
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
casting; cast-metal object
setting up specially; special installation
Christmas Eve; holy night
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
surroundings; environs; circumference
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
to rise; to erect; to get up
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to complain; to make a complaint
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
having a good atmosphere; atmospheric; romantic
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry