speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
high street; town centre (center)
to harm; to cause harm to
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
inside a library, museum, cinema, etc.; on the premises
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
sense of relief; feeling of relief
self-control; self-restraint
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at
a laughingstock; a standing joke
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to listen again; to ask again
Dow (Jones); Dow Jones Industrial Average; dhow
painting (houses, fences, etc.)
hi; hello; gotcha; understood
promotion; raising of status
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
chief; main; principal; major
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
the public; general public
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
qualifications of candidacy for an examination
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
Tolstoy; Tolstoi; Tolstoy, Leo (1828-1910; Russian writer)