pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
failing to recognize someone; underestimation
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
to square one's shoulders
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
gulping down (a drink); guzzling; chugging; sloshing around (of liquid in one's stomach)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
sound; noise; acoustics; reverberation; echo; audio
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to take up space; to occupy space
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
at a loss for words; stumped for words
to shed light; to cast light
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
stale; hackneyed; cliched
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)