exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
fixed date; settlement date
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
fair and square; open and aboveboard
such; like that; that sort of; very
choices; alternatives; options
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to repeat; to do something over again
older sister; elder sister
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal
to eat too much; to overeat
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to hand over; to surrender
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
emperor (of Japan); mikado
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward