lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
technical term; terminology; jargon
stage (platform); performance; show; stage (phase); part; stage
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
to lose sight of; to miss
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
in the meanwhile; during the time
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
systems engineer; systems engineering; sales engineer; sound effect
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
master of ceremonies; MC; intermission between songs in which the performers speak to the audience; machining center; marginal cost
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
tune (melody, piece of music)
to fit (inside something)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
studies; schoolwork; classwork
to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
group (of people, competitors, companies, etc.); contingent; camp; team
number of characters; character count
beauty contest to name Miss ...
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth