older sister; elder sister
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch
murder; killing; murderer
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
imagination; supposition; guess
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
with a friendly grin; smilingly
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
indicate reason; infers some protest
after that; afterwards; thereafter
how; in what way; how about
to discuss; to talk together
tool; implement; means; furniture
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to collect; to assemble; to gather
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to face; to go towards; to head towards