being startled; getting a shock
performance; appearance (in a stage, film, TV show, etc.)
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
practice; practising; experience
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
scenery; scene; landscape
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
power; authority; jurisdiction
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
high tension (as in electronics, etc.); excited; enthusiastic
connection; link; relationship
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to keep (a person) waiting
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively