being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
materialistic; worldly-minded; uncultured
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
important post; important office; key position
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
deputy head teacher; vice principal
workshop; studio; atelier
manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
drama; theatre; theater; play
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
drama; play; powerful drug
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very