weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
kitchen; financial situation; finances
living thing; living creature; animal; life
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
ancient times; prehistoric times; the distant past; a very long time ago
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
humming a tune (while doing something else)
counter for books; volume
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
many; much; plenty; hardly
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
to give up (all thoughts of); to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to make a decision; to decide
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
pink; erotic; blue; pornographic
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
gem; jewel; precious stone
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
brand-new article; new item
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
piecework that can be done at home; outwork
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
chill; the shivers; shivering fit