customary practice; habit; traditional event
to mow; to reap; to harvest
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); course; catching fish with a net
since one was born; (in) all one's life
starting late; late departure
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
department store; department
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
magician; conjurer; illusionist
smallish; on the small side
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
show tent; circus tent; freak show
account book; register; ledger
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
public performance; exhibition in a foreign country
price reduction; discount
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night