stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
personification; anthropomorphization
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
head and body; heads tall (ratio of total height to length of the head); heads long
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to crawl out of; to creep out of
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu