to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
registration; accession; register; entry; record
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
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.)
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
how many years; how long; what year
book; volume; this; present; main; head
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
motive power; driving force
spirit; heart; disposition
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
to rock; to shake; to swing
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs