start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
Christmas carol; Christmas song
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to surround; to crowd around
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
to chase; to run after; to pursue
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
economical; efficient; lean; compact
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)