to ease up; to relax attention
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
colouring; coloring; colorant
to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
carrying voice; well-projected voice
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
zip; ping; zing; zoom; whoosh
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
briskly with small steps; trotting
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
strange; odd; queer; peculiar; weird
here and there; in places
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
master painter; great artist; painter; artist
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
to be late; to be unpunctual
role of the villain; the bad guy
full view; plain sight; completely visible
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)
large river; epic (of a novel, drama, etc.); long-form; large-scale
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
with a snap; (breaking) cleanly; (rejecting) sternly; flatly; smartly; (dressing up) well
to cause to swell; to inflame
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
ageing; aging; senile deterioration
hearsay; learning by hearsay
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death