even without doing; even without being
slander; calumny; defamation; libel; abuse
elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone (something)
returning tit for tat; retaliating
actor; actress; player; performer
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
beautification; glorification
role of the villain; the bad guy
backward somersault; back handspring; backflip
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to listen to in an ecstasy
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
dramatic role for child; child actor
sword battle (staged for television, etc.); sword fight
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
follower; attendant; valet; servant
to detain; to check; to restrain
delinquency; misdeed; misconduct; delinquent behavior
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to say (something) over one's shoulder
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end