marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
lightly; easily; carelessly
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
illustration (e.g. book); picture
what's what; heads or tails
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
spoken instructions (over the phone, etc.); voice assist; spoken directions
(clenched) fist; knuckles
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
setting off (on a trip); departure
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
operating room; operating theatre
separate room; another room; special room; (arch.) concubine (of a noble)
such; this sort of; like this
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
(medical) doctor; physician
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth