manuscript; version; draft
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to close (one's eyes); to shut
guess; speculation; supposition
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
to go (to); to make one's way (to); to visit
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
personal (affairs, reasons, etc.)
leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to gain; to get
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
being a mystery (due to conflicting testimony); being unknown; (lit.) in a grove
stimulant (e.g. psychoactive drugs like methamphetamine, ritalin, etc.)
anonymity; using an assumed name
threatening letter; intimidating letter
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
misrepresentation; false statement
people with a pure and innocent image (esp. actresses, singers, etc.)
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to become frightened; to get scared; to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet
passionate love; ardent love; devotion
advertising material; promotional material; propaganda material
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
a wise man keeps away from danger
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight