theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
being on the ropes; losing ground
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
worried look; concerned expression
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
in the end; on top of that
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
statue; picture; picture revealing character
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
invitation; introduction; temptation
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
other matters; other people's affairs
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
clicking; clopping; clacking
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
true character; real nature
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
incompetent; have no merit
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to snatch from; to steal from
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
declaration of war; proclamation of war
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again