to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end; All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
severe; strict; tough; hard
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to cut corners; to be shoddy
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
credit roll (at the end of a film or TV show); closing credits; end credits
indication; expression; display; displaying; representation; (copyright) attribution
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
addition; appendix; supplement; postscript
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
harmless but pointless; neither bad nor good
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility