trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
after a long time; for the first time in a while
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
having said that; on the other hand
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
possible; likely; probable
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to