lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to be softened; to calm down
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
audience; spectator; spectators
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to dye; to colour; to color
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.