at first; in the beginning; originally
secret; private; surreptitious
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to continue to do; to persist in doing
connection; link; relationship
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
ill will; malice; evil intent
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
older employee who does not have much actual work
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
to dunk (e.g. food in a drink)
basis for decision; evidence for judging
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
organ (musical instrument)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
flower reading; fortune-telling based on plucking the petals off a flower
to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
to spread; to be propagated
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost