choices; alternatives; options
excellent; very good; exultant; elated
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
huh; I'll be damned; well!
silence; stillness; quietness
very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace
people; citizens; subjects; folk
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding (a runner) on base
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
wherein; therein; thereinto
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
without sparing time for sleep
high spirits; gleeful mood
to wring the neck; to strangle