serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
body; physical system; (the) person
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
reason; cause; circumstances
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to make oneself pleasant to everybody
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
handrail; railing; banister
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
contradiction; inconsistency
caller; visitor; company; guest
selection and commentary (on literary texts or poems)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to find out; to discover; to locate
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking