brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
big hit (with); great success; great reception; great popularity; catching on greatly
on the water; aquatic; waterside; water's edge
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
sliding; being just in time
calamity; misfortune; disaster
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
hidden room; secret chamber
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
keeping things tidy and in order
one by one; in detail; minutely
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
cutting in line; queue jumping
one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
stationing (troops); garrisoning
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
amusement facilities; recreational facilities
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
character; personality; (fictional) character; character