showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
proposal; offer; request; application
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
pillar of fire; blazing column
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
to break the rules; to violate the rules; to infringe the rules
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
mass communication; mass media
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
had better ...; had better not ...
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
guardian; protector; patron; parent
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up