imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
reduction by half; halving
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (at a location); sum of money
to show signs of; to appear
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory; saving
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
a little over; a little more than; strength; the strong; powerhouse; one of the biggest
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
meal (ground grain); Mir (Russian space station; 1986-2001); mir (peasant village community in Imperial Russia)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to be led by; to be headed by
academic; scholarly; scientific
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
exquisite flavor (flavour); delectable flavor; delicious flavor; delicacy; delectable dish
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
private person; individual
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
feature of the season; something characteristic of a particular season; poem about natural scenery or a particular season
to have something (likely) come to mind; to be reminded of something; to understand a point