face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
stall (in flying); downturn; slowdown; slump
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
small ball; globule; bead; small vegetable or piece of fruit
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
young girl; lass; adolescent female
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
sword; blade; single stroke
impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib
ability; capability; skill
to warm up to; to become enthusiastic about; to be elated
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to distinguish between; to tell the difference between
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
decisive action; going through with; daring to do; carrying out
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow