to get information out of a person; to begin listening
with these words; while saying
bringing; taking; carrying
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to mellow (e.g. personality); to be rounded; to huddle; to cower
imagination; supposition; guess
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
wedded life; married life
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
on the occasion of; at the time of
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
using as an intermediary; through
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
action of making something; -ification
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
world; society; people; the public
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen