to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
good at fighting; usually wins a fight
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
main question; real issue at hand
abstention; nonparticipation
nonchalant air; unruffled air
box cutter; utility knife
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
act of mercy; helping another person
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to glare at each other; to confront each other
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
to remove; to move out of the way
to push (something) against
breaking off; snapping off
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce