actor; actress; player; performer
talk; dialogue; conversation
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to spend one's days in tears and sorrow
bet; wager; stake; gamble
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to escape death; to be saved from death
emergency press conference; hastily called press conference; impromptu press conference
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
lifesaver; person who saved one's life
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
megalomania; delusions of grandeur
great love; passionate affair
to smirk; to grin broadly
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
sweet soy sauce; sugar with soy sauce
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
to cut corners; to be shoddy
heating; application of heat
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
failure story; horror story
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
independent business; self-employment
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly