elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
long ago; once upon a time
being very busy; busyness
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
from the cradle to the grave
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to be hesitant; to feel timid
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
extra (e.g. in a film); supernumerary; extra; surplus; excess
intercept; interception; counter-attack
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
though one didn't intend (expect) to
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to take a veneer off something
general; popular; common; typical
to feel inferior; to feel small
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
thoroughly; through and through
parental love or affection
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
calling by name; designation; nomination
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
depending on; dependent on
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
last scene (e.g. of a movie); closing scene
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)