business; trade; operations; sales
the lower classes; the common people
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to shake off; to throw off
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
outward appearance; looks
opposite; reverse; contrary; front and back; parallel to; back to back
hot (to the touch); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
lock; lock (in rugby); lock forward
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
sensitivity (e.g. of a measuring instrument); reception (radio, TV, etc.); sensitivity (of film)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
surely (not); certainly (not)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one; near-completeness; near-perfection; ninety-nine percent (finished, etc.)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon); trace
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
script; libretto; scenario
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut