fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
Anatidae (duck family of birds)
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
dissuasion (from resigning, leaving, etc.); persuading (to stay)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
as a child; when one was a child
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
not necessarily so; is not always true
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
breeding; raising; rearing
enchantress; seductress; vamp
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
to take back; to recapture
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to be born; to come into the world
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
slip of paper with a fortune-telling message; street fortune-teller
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse