serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
near; close; beside; third person
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling
not caring; not giving a damn
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to accept; to receive; to agree
difficult to ...; hard to ...
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
at once; immediately; right now
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
invitation; introduction; temptation
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
in the meanwhile; during the time
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
scenery; scene; landscape
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
few decades; many decades; several decades