poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
absolute obedience; complete submission
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
flash (of light); glint; schiller
thump; thud (sound representing the footfalls of something heavy)
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
perpetual youth and longevity
bargain goods; loss leader; eye-catching goods; featured product
searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
ridiculously good reception; being extremely well-received
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to shave off; to scrape off
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
to be replaced with new growth
to be knotty (of a tree, etc.); to be gnarled; to be rough and bony (hands, fingers, etc.); to be gnarled; to be knobby
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
raw materials; ingredients
outer space; void of space
foreign enemy; outside invader
Lagrangian point; Lagrange point
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
unshakable; immovable; undeniable