elaborate; delicate; exquisite
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
to be helpful; to be useful
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
softly; mildly; gently; politely
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to state; to express; to mention
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
regret; repentance; remorse