ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
make no progress; remain unsettled
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be at a loss for words
many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
this (battle)ship; aforementioned ship
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
to rock; to shake; to swing
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
phone trace; detecting the source of a telephone call
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
both; both sides; both parties
unidentifiable; unidentified
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
long ago; already; a long time ago
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to work without sleep or rest
expression; presentation; representation; notation
foreign; abroad; overseas
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of