headdress; crown; covering; fogging (photography); blushing
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
the lower classes; the common people
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
guidance; lead; introduction; good offices; guide; primer
skill; dexterity; master hand
to fold in two; to fold in half; to double up
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
iris (flower); Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea); (arch.) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); (arch.) calamus
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
pro among pros; best of the best; top tier; ultimate professional; player's player
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
to stick it out (until the end)
change of job; change of occupation; career change
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
Her Majesty the Queen; mistress (in S&M); dominatrix
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
at work; in the midst of work; working
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with