beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
reopening; resumption; restarting
to summon courage; to be brave
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
personal feelings; self-interest
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
final decision; ultimate decision; official decision; finalizing; last word (on or about something); final word
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
many; much; plenty; hardly
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
leisure time; idle moment
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
bunch of flowers; bouquet
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
theatre-going; theater-going