vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to use (a brush, chopsticks, etc.); to move
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to complain; to make a complaint
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to get hungry; to become hungry
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
certainly; surely; definitely
the following week; the next week
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
pupil; student; schoolchild
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
feeling of emptiness; sense of void
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
light (flavor, color, etc.); simple; plain; frank; candid; easygoing
emoji; pictorial symbol; pictograph; ASCII art
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still