substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to dry up; to scab; to be poisoned (with lacquer); (arch.) to waste away
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
participation; joining; entry; adherence
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to redeem (from sin); to save
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
butter from cow's milk; storax (resin); styrax; toad venom
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
snipping sound; cutting sound; to cut
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
how can (one) do something
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to turn completely into; to become completely
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to take over; to hand over
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
dealing with; coping with
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
contradiction; inconsistency
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)