enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to fight against; to oppose; to face
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
half the body; half length
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
to happen to meet; to come across
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
New Year's Eve; end of the year
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
at that time; in those days
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
retention; maintenance; preservation
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
very young; little; childish; immature
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
dealing with; coping with
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees