distant look; faraway look
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
episode; anecdote; vignette
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
being good at conversation; conversationalist; good talker
having said that; on the other hand
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
price; cost; value; worth; value
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
first meeting; first interview with
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
(not) even once; (not) ever
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
most part; greater part; majority
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
lightly; easily; carelessly
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear