technique; art; skill; move
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
than; other than; except; but
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
attack; drive; advance; invasion
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out; to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from; to scold; to criticize severely; to train ruthlessly
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
biting; gnawing; in constant pain; irritated
tragus (small cartilaginous flap in front of the external opening of the ear); tragi; antilobium
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth