preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to manage something successfully; to be successful
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
chair; stool; post; office; position
invisibly; secretly; privately
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
school hours; hours of teaching (instruction)
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
remembrance; recollection; recognition
schoolgirl; female student
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
elegant; graceful; refined
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to