staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
scariest; most frightening
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
total energy; all efforts
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
death march; death march (in software development); crunch
to come back; to bloom a second time
to attract interest; to capture attention
foolishness; fool; moha (ignorance, folly)
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
plastics; synthetic resins
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
nothing but; none other than
quality (of a product or a service)
all present; all concerned; all of us
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
internal organs; intestines; viscera
a little; paltry; piddling; stud; chad
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
surface of the earth; ground surface
residence; housing; residential building
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
brand name; trade name; product name
Chinese fan palm (Livistona chinensis)
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
(it won't be possible) on such short notice