non-player character; non-playable character; NPC
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
innocent; sensitive; uncomplicated; unpretentious; straightforward
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
at least; at most; (even) just
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
older sister; lass; young lady
long ago; a long time ago; already
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
heart; guts; nerve; heart (of something); central part
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
way of calling (something or someone)
in the same way as; just like
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal
world; society; people; the public
events of the day; current affairs
(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference
to concern; to be related
article; news story; report; account
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)