old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
great writer; major writer
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
boastful speech; bragging
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
strategist; tactician; schemer
drama; theatre; theater; play
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
adaptation (of a novel, play, etc.)
explanation; interpretation
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to thrust before; to thrust at
call; summons; convening; convocation
power harassment; harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying
integrated circuit; IC; interchange
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
electronic device; electronic equipment; electronics
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
having ended; being resolved
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
hegemony; leadership; initiative
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor