rise of the curtain; opening of a play; beginning (e.g. of an era); start; opening (of a tournament, festival, etc.)
delusion; wild idea; (wild) fancy; (ridiculous) fantasy
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to step forward; to volunteer
to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to ring (a bell); to strike (a gong, drum, etc.); to beat; to sound
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
calm; composed; cool; quiet
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
middle of the night; dead of night
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
man; male; masculine gender
to have a relationship; to have relations
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
without trouble; easily; readily
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
difficult to ...; hard to ...
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
to be given up; to be discontinued
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept