stage actor; stage actress
fashion sense; sense of fashion
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to keep step (with); to keep pace (with); to move in lockstep; to align (with another's thoughts or actions)
manipulation of public opinion
estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge
actual and hidden; inside out (e.g. socks); face down (e.g. cards)
headship of a family; family property
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
the reverse; other side; lining
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
under the staircase; understairs
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up