private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
to be hesitant; to feel timid
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
talking about memories; reminiscences
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
living in a group; communal living; community life
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
agreement; rule; arrangement; decision
anger; getting angry; taking offense; losing one's temper
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
destination (in travel); place where one is staying
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
pressure; pressure (e.g. political); arm-twisting
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
support; backing; aid; assistance
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
leaving (e.g. a courtroom, workplace); exiting; withdrawal (e.g. from a superior's presence)
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
legal force; legally binding force; compelling power; compelling force
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to escape from; to get out
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly