stirring; slight movement
entrance (on the stage); appearance (in a book, film, etc.); appearance (on the scene); arrival (on the market); emergence
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
limited; limiting; restrictive
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
big talk; boasting; bragging
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to grow up; to become an adult
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
(in) her way; peculiar to her
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to press a question; to cross-examine
to try (out); to have a try (at); to test; to put to the test
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry