order; sequence; procedure
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
journey; route of a journey
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
(not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively; overly
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
superstition; superstitious belief
to refuse; to decline; to deny
product; produce; result; fruit
real thing; original; actual
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to try all possible means
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
(acting) together; jointly; cooperatively; in partnership; side by side; (lit.) holding hands
person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...