paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
mountain road; mountain trail
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
practice; practising; experience
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
to be the ruin of (a person)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
technique; art; skill; move
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
such; this sort of; like this
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out