greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
fecundity; having many children; abundant production
stable supply; reliable supply
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
therapy; treatment; remedy; cure
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
one scene; one frame; one shot; one cell; one panel (comic)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
founder of a religious sect
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained