elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
fashion designer; couturier
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
general; popular; common; typical
appearance; expression; manifestation
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
personification; impersonation; embodiment
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
progress; advance; improvement; development
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
though; notwithstanding; although
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
infancy; childhood; tender age
time; season; period; phase; stage
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic