second (unit of time); arc second
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
to live; to reside; to inhabit
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.)
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice
chances of winning (a bet); odds
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; manager; boss
festival merrymaking; revelry
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to be needed; to be wanted
ideal weather for an outing
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
another style; another school (of thought, karate, etc.)
interested person; volunteer; supporter
individual; one by one; separate; each
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
bringing; taking; carrying
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
different opinion; objection
raising (bet); raising (object); lifting; raising (topic); bringing up; raising (children); rearing
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
recommendation; referral; endorsement