to fiddle with; to monkey around with
at once; immediately; right now
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
idealistic thought (argument)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
remarkable; striking; obvious
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
(necessary) personnel; required person
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
general public; the masses
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
script; screenplay; scenario
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable