United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
direct connection; direct link
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
here and there; everywhere
going around; patrol; round; tour
surveillance camera; security camera
to keep a watchful eye on
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
briskly with small steps; trotting
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
incredible song; great song
every year; yearly; annually
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future