dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
fixed date; settlement date
everywhere; all over; throughout
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to look around; to survey
to thrust down; to push off
at first; in the beginning; originally
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
slightly heavy; a little heavy
penalty; sentence; punishment
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
greeting; a fine thing to say
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
with a momentary flash of light
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
authority; power; function
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
within; inside of; less than
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
lovers' talk; whispered intimacies