obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
not yet known; unknown; strange
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
critical (condition); serious
interest (in something); enthusiasm
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
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 put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
leaping through time; time travel
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine