business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
serious; severe; grave; acute
mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
snake; serpent; large snake
greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish
to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
let sleeping dogs lie; wake not a sleeping lion; (lit.) the spirit you do not approach will not curse you
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
while surprised; suddenly
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
jumbling together; lumping together; mixing up
boards covering a ditch (drainage, sewage, etc.); grassroots (e.g. campaign); door-to-door; on the ground
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to be driven into a corner; to be left with nowhere to turn; to be in a dilemma; to be unable to go forward or backward; to be stranded; to get stuck
street with streetcar tracks; street with a tram line
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
arrest; apprehension; capture
(inflectional) ending of a word; end of a sentence
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
way of speaking; profession
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments
talk; recital; narration; topic
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet