to soothe; to calm; to pacify
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
though; even if; whether ... or ...
scene; spectacle; sight; view
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
advisory level; warning level
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
way of asking; way of listening; listener
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
(not) even once; (not) ever
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
while; even though; despite
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
explanation; interpretation
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)