lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
viewer; (television) audience
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to make sense; to be meaningful
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
photographer; cameraman; camera operator; cinematographer
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
to mind; to care; to worry
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to have meaning; to be meaningful
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
older sister; elder sister
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
much less; to say nothing of
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered