sublime; noble; high-minded
tear gland; lacrimal gland
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
person with an unhealthy romantic obsession
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to fold up; to fold into layers
trembling; shivering; jiggling; wobbling; bouncing
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
female vampire; vampiress
need for caution; need for care; requiring special attention
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
sudden impulse; passing fancy
polite; respectful; reverent
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
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
(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to face on; to look out on to
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion