performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
in session; in progress; under way; open
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
realization (of goods into money); conversion (into money); liquidation
one by one; one at a time; in turn
reset; fresh start; new beginning
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
preference; priority; precedence
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
turbidity; cloudiness (of a liquid); opacity; disorder; chaos
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
handsome man; actor in a love scene
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
curse; spell; malediction
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)