between times; when there's a spare moment
to cease; to stop; to be over
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
here and there; in places
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
thickness; profundity; depth
hook (high point of a song); chorus
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to hide; to keep to oneself
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
real experience; actual observations
based on; built on; made from
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
tedious; boring; being fed up with
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
one's song repertoire; songs one can sing
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
record (e.g. LP); record (e.g. in sports); record (data structure)
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)