to play a central role; to take a leading part
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to search for; to seek for; to look for
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
to revive; to resurrect; to resuscitate
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
duty; obligation; responsibility
from the beginning; from scratch
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
don't you ever come here again!; (lit.) come here the day before yesterday
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
running (for election); coming forward as a candidate; going on horseback; going in person; (arch.) letting out a horse; (arch.) taking out a horse
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
competent; suitable; qualified
in that way; like that; that way