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wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
openly; in public; without caring what others think
standing in a group; standing up in unison
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
provisional; temporary; tentative
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
celebration; congratulations
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
madder red; dark red; crimson
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
how dare you!; how can you have the nerve?
to summon courage; to be brave
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to repent; to be penitent
slightly early; just before