to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
to spread; to be propagated
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
emergency; crisis; critical moment; urgent move (required to prevent a major loss, to stabilize a group, etc.); urgent point
(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through; food offered to attendants of a funeral
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
helper (e.g. for a sick person); assistant; bridesmaid; best man; cornerman; second
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
secret; private; surreptitious
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
in perfect form; going swimmingly
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
good humour (humor); good mood
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
convenience; handiness; usefulness
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
spasmodic; erratic; fitful; sporadic
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
scarf (esp. a lightweight summer scarf worn by women)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
masterpiece; masterwork; chef d'oeuvre; (unintentionally) hilarious; absurd (e.g. blunder); outrageous
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore