long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
function; facility; faculty; feature
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
then; well; so; bye then; bye bye
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to give a round of applause; to applaud
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
introduction; presentation; referral; showcase (of a product)
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
to dance; to perform dance steps
gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport); characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre)
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)