start; commencement; beginning; initiation
a laughingstock; a standing joke
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
even so; anyhow; at any rate
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
discovery; detection; finding
surely (not); certainly (not)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
being produced in a particular region; local specialty
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
originally; by nature; from the start
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom