playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
review (of learned material); revision
favoritism; favouritism; partiality; prejudice; bias
pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
one's (own) house; one's (own) home
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
living by oneself; living alone
mother; motherboard; Mother (Superior); title of a senior nun
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
every evening; night after night
force (bulldoze) one's way through
arranging in a line; standing in a row; parallel (electronics, computing, etc.)
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
mass; mass (media, production, etc.); masturbation
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
persistence; single-mindedness
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data