impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
and then; and so; and; so then
explanation; interpretation
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
serialization; serialisation; serial story
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
opinion; point of view; visual point
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to perceive; to understand
question; inquiry; enquiry
one by one; one each; one at a time
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
environmental destruction
fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
secret; private; surreptitious
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping