bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
that day; the very same day
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
change of occupation; career change
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to subsist; to keep on living
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
sense of loss; feeling of loss
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
audience; spectator; spectators
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
man; male; masculine gender
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person