control; check; restraint; inhibition
on the occasion of; at the time of
dull sound; muffled sound
to knock down; to knock out
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
mask; disguise; guise; mask
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
itching to do something; impatient; sorely tempted; eager
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
with a start; with a jump
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
dullard; indecisive person
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
maxim; self-evident truth; axiom; axiom; postulate
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
this sort of; this type of
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)