to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to offer (put up) resistance
openly; in public; without caring what others think
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid