kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
grandfather; male senior-citizen
mark on a stage, movie set, etc. showing the position of people or props
something or other; what-do-you-call-it; what-do-you-call-them; blah blah blah; yada yada yada
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
with a click; with a snap
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
sports-minded; sports-oriented
older employee who does not have much actual work
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
old-timer; veteran; senior; old stump; old roots
stage setting; scenery; stagehand; sceneshifter
to laugh away; to laugh off
dress coordination; costume coordination; fitting session; costume fitting
cardioplegia; heart attack
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
rather; sooner; preferably
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
indicate reason; infers some protest
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
document; official papers
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker