level ground; plain; flatland
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
as you can imagine; as imagined
Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
bet; wager; stake; gamble
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
difficult to hear; hard to hear; unpleasant to hear; painful to hear; difficult to ask
arrhythmia; abnormal heartbeat
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
to distract one's attention
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
paste; glue; clothing starch
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
to become one tile away from completion; to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
to put one's hand on; to touch
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
stagnation; hindrance; delay
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
to swell up (by soaking in or absorbing a liquid); to become soft; to become soggy; to become lazy; to become indolent; to become slack
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to thrust away; to send flying
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
current administration; present government
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person