to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
results; record; grades; marks
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to look upwards; to look up
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
cooperation; collaboration
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
main question; real issue at hand
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
quiet; still; surreptitious