to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
older brother and younger sister
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
how many years; how long; what year
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be surprised; to be astonished
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
rights to usage of one's likeness
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
meaning; significance; sense
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
collection of books; (personal) library
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to