audience; attendance; hearers
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
joints; points (of a speech)
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to be entwined; to be involved
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
stairs; stairway; staircase
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding