pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
audience; spectator; spectators
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
preference; priority; precedence
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to become pale; to turn pale