connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
scene; sight; scenario; setting
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to devour; to bite to death
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
several times; a few times
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
great laughter; burst of laughter
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
breakup (of a ceremony, wedding, party, meeting, etc.); closure
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
gifted education; special education for gifted children
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
genuine; authentic; true; real
emotional wall; internal barrier
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably