the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; spectator; viewer
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
the last moment; the very end
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
with a click; with a snap
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
large attendance; full house; capacity audience
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization
means; way; method; measure
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
otherwise; or else; if not
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)
to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained