picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
tall figure; high stature
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
valuable article; valuables
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
murder; killing; murderer
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
and then; and so; and; so then
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
scenery; scene; landscape
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
depiction; description; portrayal
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
for (some) doubtful points to remain
insatiable; untiring; persistent
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to affect; to impact; to influence
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
deadly serious; deadly earnest
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to