acting ability; talent as a performer
to be astonished; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be deeply impressed
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
good performance; good work; great success
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
way of speaking; intimation
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
anything and everything; just about everything
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
society; public; community; social studies
to subsist; to keep on living
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey