to pick up; to find; to gather
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
age thirty; one's thirties
to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
the opposite sex; isomerism
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
gem; jewel; precious stone
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
no!; no no!; no, not at all
flustered; confused; panicked
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
constrained; uncomfortable; awkward
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly