fricative; fricative consonant
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
something out of the ordinary; variant; variety; person with an unusual character or background; unique figure; exceptional type
patriotic feelings; patriotism
to take (be in) charge of
performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
unique; distinctive; novel; different color (colour)
to take precautions; to set a guard against attack
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
first meeting; first contest between
complete change; about-face
higher rank; better position
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck; second marriage; remarriage
success or failure; outcome; result
appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
lump together; put all together
craving for the limelight
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
to be moved by affection; to be moved by kindness; to be touched
program of a ceremony (programme)
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration