acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
creative work (e.g. artistic, literary)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
real experience; actual observations
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
to be accustomed to reading
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
to miss a chance; to miss an opportunity
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to grow bored
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
everyone at once; everyone together
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
year in, year out; always; 24-7
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
to be at a loss for words