underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
genuine article; real thing; real deal
in person; personally; directly
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
grand; imposing; magnificent
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to tower over the surroundings
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.)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
caller; visitor; company; guest
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
flour; meal; powder; dust
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); -ing
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
party; set; gang; company; person
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)