indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
beyond that point; after that
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
events of the day; current affairs
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
police drama (television); detective drama
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
full dress; formal dress; uniform
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
determination; resolution
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
castle (in place names); castle; fortress