store selling musical instruments
cheap article; poor quality article
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to withstand; to be able to endure
to throw at; to turn; to raise
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
full ripeness; full maturity
superheating; overheating
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to feel shy; to be bashful; to blush
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
returning from school; going home from school
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to exit
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
resentment; indignation; anger
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
to tear off; to strip; to rob
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
particularly; only; in the case of