hereabouts; around there; that area
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
fee; charge; rate; material
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
a little less than; a little under; weakness; the weak; -lower (seismic intensity)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
gallery; corridor; art gallery; upper gallery (in a theatre); spectators (esp. at a golf tournament)
best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
magic sword; cursed sword
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to rise gradually; to rise slowly; to come up from below the stage (by being lifted up on the stage elevator)
only; just; solely; prostitute attached to a single member of the post-WWII occupation forces
trying one's luck; test of one's luck
to exaggerate; to overstate
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
commander; commanding officer; CO
while alive; during one's lifetime
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
leaving everything up to someone else
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
conjugation; incorporation; embrace
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
Frankenstein; Frankenstein's monster