brocade; fine dress; fine clothes
chorus; singing in a chorus
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
impudent; shameless; brazen
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
unable to concentrate on (due to distractions, etc.)
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to steal or sneak or slip into
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting