is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
divorce; dissolution of adoption
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
out-of-school; off-campus
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
(in) her way; peculiar to her
middle of the night; dead of night
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to be transparent; to show through
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
extremely; terrifically; super
anger; being angry; being mad
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)