embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
woman; female; feminine gender
to be kind to; to treat kindly
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
every evening; night after night
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to blow in (of wind, rain, etc.); to blow (air) into (e.g. a balloon); to breathe (new life) into; to inspire (someone) with; to put into someone's head; to record (audio; on tape, vinyl, etc.)
to affect; to impact; to influence
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
queen (consort); empress (consort)
virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
delicious; tasty; good; nice
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
center; centre; metropolis
along the road; along the way
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to look around; to survey
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with