preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
vigorous (in old age); hale and hearty
front; frontage; facade; main
to provide; to arrange; to install
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
hidden meaning; symbolism; moral (of a story); allegorical meaning
high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
to change completely; to change suddenly
when it becomes; when it comes to
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
irregular; unsystematic; unsteady; disorderly
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
stuffed specimen; taxidermy mount; stuffing; mounting
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
remembering; recollection; anamnesis; recall (memory); retrieval
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
sick person; patient; invalid
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
physical condition; state of health; shape
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just