sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
to be transparent; to show through
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
promotion (school, military, etc.)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
control; management (e.g. of a business)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
considerably; fairly; quite
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
thereupon; shortly thereafter
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to be jealous; to be envious
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
at first; in the beginning; originally
gospel (of Jesus); the Gospels; gospel (music)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence