chastity; virtue; fidelity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
fool; twit; idiot; bird-brain
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
par; equivalence; face value; parity
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
extremely; terrifically; super
uncool; lame; unfashionable; unstylish; tacky; tasteless
rumor of a romance (rumour)
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
raging fire; conflagration
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable