magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
optimist; easy-going person
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally
to be born; to come into the world
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
that's the way it is; such is life
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
much less; to say nothing of
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to feel depressed; to be down
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
assertion; declaration; affirmation
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
long ago; once upon a time
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude