unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to put on airs; to assume importance
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to get someone to say; to make someone say
perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
creation; Creation (by God)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
unconditionally; as a rule
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
(being) over capacity; overloading; overbooking
Imperial cortege (procession)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
meeting; greeting; welcome
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
luxury cruise ship; luxury liner
to be emotionally moved; to have a lump in one's throat
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
8000; eight thousand; many
above; going steadily upward
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to loiter around; to wander about
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs