to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
each nation; many nations; many countries
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
script; screenplay; scenario
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
incident; affair; happening; event
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to spew venom; to speak ill (of people)
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
orders; instructions; directive; command
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
wicked tongue; abusive language
loveable; very likeable; like very much
something like ...; something called ...
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing