to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
temporary enclosure; temporary fencing
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
audience; spectator; spectators
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
several times; several degrees
rising; ascending; climbing
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
nonchalant air; unruffled air
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be bored (with); to be unable to bear
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
to fan; to incite; to instigate
force of a fire; force of flames
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
from right to left; in one ear and out the other; nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
floating ball of fire (said to be the soul of a dead person); meteor; shooting star
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous