selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
gesture; gesticulation; motion
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
withdrawal symptoms; abstinence syndrome
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
mask; disguise; guise; mask
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to send or direct a person to
(someone else's) child; child; kid
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to change completely; to change suddenly
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to appease; to suppress; to calm
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
university student; college student
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
hot (e.g. from the oven); steaming (from the pot); fresh; fresh (e.g. out of university); new (e.g. married couple)
higher rank; better position
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
older person with more life experience