someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
delicious-looking; tasty-looking; hot; sexy; desirable
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to bring; to take; to bring about
to change completely; to change suddenly
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
medium; mediocrity; average
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
hospitalization; hospitalisation
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
one's way back; one's way home
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to hide; to keep to oneself
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)