careful; elaborate; scrupulous
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
power; might; authority; influence
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
novice; greenhorn; squirt; worthless person
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
stepping back; drawing back
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
memory; sense; experience
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
moment; brief space of time
strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
special order (goods); custom (made); bespoke
pericarp; skin (of a fruit); peel; rind
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
high-quality goods; luxury item
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly