magician; conjurer; illusionist
pretense; affectation; showiness
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
to shed light; to cast light
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
monkey show; bad acting; overacting; unconvincing performance
derivation; development; offshoot
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features); decent; proper; correct
to surge; to well up; to gush out
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
already; now; no longer; not any more
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
second person; second-person address term (e.g. pronoun, personal name, kinship term, title); form of address used for the second person
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)