ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
salon; saloon; sarong; saron (instrument)
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
fine performance; tour de force
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)