promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
expression; look; countenance; face
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
pale; pallid; bluish-white
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
feeling; sense; impression
to have a talk; to tell a story
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to correct oneself; to restate
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
birth; creation; formation
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
another time; some other time
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant