farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to stare back at; to look back at
magician; conjurer; illusionist
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
observation; survey; watching
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
tracing; trail left in the snow (by mountaineers); following (a trail of footprints); trace (of a matrix)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
rare; exceptional; extraordinary; unique; incomparable; unparalleled
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
nice; likeable; desirable
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
to squint (one eye); to narrow
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one; it takes a thief to catch a thief
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
else; in addition; besides
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
stimulating; exciting; provocative
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show