to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
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)
failure; mistake; blunder
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to get strong; to gain strength
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to fly around; to scatter
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
change; alteration; modification
limited; limiting; restrictive
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
(not so) much; (not) very
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
expressing one's mind; speaking out
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to pause; to have a short intermission
nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream