candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
skeletal frame; skeleton; framework; frame; outline
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
third day of the month; three days
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
performing without rehearsal
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
everything; anything; nothing
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
being too late; losing one's final chance
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)