songwriting (words and music)
clincher; pick-up line; honeyed phrase; telling phrase; phrase that brings someone around, esp. in personal relationships
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
all sorts of; all kinds of
sleepwalking; somnambulism; noctambulism
with these words; while saying
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
take (e.g. in film-making)
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
instrumental; instructions; instructing; installation (esp. software)
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
incorporating; inserting; nesting (e.g. of matryoshka dolls); nest; square offering tray made of unvarnished wood (three per nested set); latticed ceiling
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
the place for; the time for; the level of
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working