old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
speech; address; curtain speech; prologue; way of speaking; manner of speech
extremely talented; very gifted
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
swiftness of foot; fast runner; person of great talent; gifted person
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
in the end; on top of that
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
landowner; landlord; landlady
maximization; maximisation
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
tank for holding human waste (used for fertilizer); night-soil reservoir; cesspool; cesspit
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)
tears (from being deeply moved); tears of gratitude
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to thrust away; to send flying
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity