gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
woman; female; feminine gender
difficult to ...; hard to ...
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
opinion; point of view; visual point
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
man; male; masculine gender
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
letter (of alphabet); character
difficult to ...; hard to ...
sadistic desires; sadistic feelings
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
the opposite sex; isomerism
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to push (something) against
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
unveiling; debut; introduction
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
trivial; not amounting to much