(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to be overcome with emotion
whole face; all over one's face
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
plentiful; abundant; ample; lavish
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
favourite dish (favorite); favourite food
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
vocal sound; tone of voice
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà