censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
behind; in the rear; in back
covering; protection; backing; relief
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
pillbug; pill bug; woodlouse; sowbug; sow bug; slater
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
shaving; planing; cutting; shavings; flakes
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
rubber band; elastic band
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
calm; composed; leisurely
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
sunrise viewed from the top of a high mountain; the rising sun
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection