surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
several people; a few people
to half-rise to one's feet
official announcement; proclamation
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
toughened glass; tempered glass
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to throw open; to leave open
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
guidance; leadership; leading the way
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to make an appearance; to show up
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
a few years ago; some years back
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
clearing one's throat; cough
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to see through; to see the true nature of something
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
to give one's life; to lay down one's life