shopping centre; shopping center; mall
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
one stride; single stride; short distance
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to stick in one's throat; to choke on something
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
sharp sighted; easily awakened
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
indiscriminately; recklessly
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
from the viewpoint of; according to
to drop; to lose; to let fall
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
trembling (with fear, cold, etc.); shaking; chattering (of teeth); coming loose; wobbling
gradually; slowly but steadily
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten