concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
outward appearance; apparent
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
in the same way as; just like
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
I've got to be going; I must go
esoteric Buddhist ritual where incantations are chanted; magic
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
beyond that point; after that
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
succession; continuation; series; sequence
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long