imitation; fake; counterfeit; sham
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
that day; the very same day
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
type of occupation; occupational category
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to gradually disappear; to be vanishing
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
parting; separation; farewell
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to smash violently; to crush
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
other side; opposite side; other party
cast (play, film, etc.); cast (e.g. type conversion)
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
Achilles tendon; calcaneal tendon; Achilles' heel; vulnerable point
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ