hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
lavish; luxurious; showy; gaudy
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to die (of a person); to have one's life come to a close
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
to put on airs; to swagger; to act self-importantly
newcomer; neophyte; novice; newbie
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
business world; business circles; (the) industry
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
to be kind to; to treat kindly
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days