one act (play, etc.); scene; event
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to say; to be called; to do
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
don't you think?; indicates question
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
great love; passionate affair
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
our country; our land; one's own country
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)