dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow
to return a favor (favour); to repay
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of; (lit.) to drive in a nail
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
self-torturing; masochistic
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
strictly; severely; rigidly
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
beyond one's means or position
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
disgraceful behavior; disgraceful behaviour; shameful conduct; shameful sight
careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
good outward appearance; looking nice; being attractive; making a fine show
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
social dance; ballroom dancing
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
lack of physical exercise; insufficient exercise; inactivity
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
to gain a victory; to win
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
special training; intensive training; crash course
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?