ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
easy to read; legible; clear
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
clear; plain; distinct; obvious; evident; articulate
single-mother household; fatherless family
shunning; ostracism; exclusion; flick (of one's finger; to express disgust, scorn, disapproval, etc.)
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
negative emotions; negative feelings
cause of a disease; root of an evil
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
Queen of the Night (character in Mozart's Magic Flute)
equality; impartiality; evenness
contradiction; inconsistency
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
author; writer; novelist; artist
(full-length) novel; long novel
that is to say; so that means
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; from the start; from the outset
side; flank; position where one is not directly involved (in a matter); outsider's position; the sidelines
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive