gifted education; special education for gifted children
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
happy memory; sweet memory
day after day; day by day
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
real thing; original; actual
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
dry riverbed; river beach
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
freedom; free man; free woman
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
social dance; ballroom dancing
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
script; libretto; scenario
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
reset; fresh start; new beginning
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
reek of desperation; feeling of desperation
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
stoppage time; injury time; added time; lost time; wasted time
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder