captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to become excited; to grow lively
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
don't you think?; indicates question
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
stairs; stairway; staircase
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
number one; first; best; most; game; round
English conversation; school for English conversation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion