person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain; to grasp (a point)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
drama; play; powerful drug
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
serious; severe; grave; acute
guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
chasing out ogres; exterminating ogres
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
(for the) first time in one's life
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
casting (of a play, film, etc.); cast
green light; (giving) permission; OK
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
coeducation; mixed-sex education
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth