dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
true state; actual condition; reality
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
beggar; sty (on the eyelid)
based on; built on; made from
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
to backfire; to have a harmful result
contrivance; managing (to raise money); one's financial condition
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
application; request; petition
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
pride; dignity; self-respect
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
pride; boast; credit (to)
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
to encamp; to take up positions
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
polish; improvement; burnishing
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
popular figure; outstanding person; well-known person; lion
to rain incessantly; to downpour