wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
rather; better; instead; if anything
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
number one; first; best; most; game; round
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to lose a closely fought contest
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to rally; to make a comeback
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
both; both sides; both parties
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
that; the matter in question
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
chorus; singing in a chorus
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on