happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to collect; to assemble; to gather
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
playhouse; theatre; theater
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
to step forward; to volunteer
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
autonomy; self-control; self-discipline; autonomy (in Kantian ethics)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
how; in what way; how about; questionable
dilettante; person of unusual tastes; person with strange hobbies; person of refined taste; connoisseur
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...