surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to have (something) innate; to be born with
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to beat by a wide margin (in a race); to tear (off) roughly
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
treating (someone) with great caution (so as not to anger or upset them); handling with kid gloves; treating gingerly
this world; this life; this generation; present day
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
light novel; young-adult illustrated fiction
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
party; set; gang; company; person
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to choke; to have trouble breathing
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable