enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
tradition; legend; folklore
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
fully loaded; full load; loaded condition
planning; project; plan; design
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to unfold; to unroll; to open
young person; youth; young
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
ground wave; terrestrial broadcast signal (i.e. not satellite); terrestrial; over-the-air
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
book; volume; this; present; main; head
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
high-definition television; HDTV
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
regular; regular member (e.g. of football team, etc.); regular (petrol, gasoline)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
all you want; as much as one wants
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
dear; desired; missed; longed-for; nostalgic
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little