inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
to stare back at; to look back at
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
long distance relationship
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
front; frontage; facade; main
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
almost every day; almost daily
to rank next to; to come after
to understand (each other); to comprehend
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to increase; to add to; to augment
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
pure heart; naivete; innocence