results of a vote; voting results
taking the podium; mounting the rostrum; going on stage to give a speech, etc.
number of votes polled; poll votes
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
title deed; certificate of title
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
ideally; if one were to wish for more
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
to lower the curtain; to come to an end
before it happens; previously
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
use; utility; profit; gain
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
spinning rapidly; turning quickly; fast-forward (VCR, etc.); scanning
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to tear off; to strip; to rob
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
carbonization; carbonisation
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
resentment; indignation; anger
success; prosperity; boom
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot