cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
summer vacation; summer holiday
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
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)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
extended leave; long vacation
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid