role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to lose a closely fought contest
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to cease; to stop; to be over
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
young girl; lass; adolescent female
several times (as large, over)
alternately; by turns; one after the other
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
dozens; scores of; decades