popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
continuation; succession; series
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
one thin flat object; one sheet
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to push aside; to push one's way through
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
(in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes filed upon (one)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to mix; to stir; to blend
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
stammering; stuttering; dysphemia
infancy; childhood; tender age
training; drill; practice; discipline
middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)
to get cracked; to develop a crack; to be fissured
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
another; different; something else
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation