silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
hasty; impatient; restless; rash
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
gliding (through the air)
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
to watch for an unguarded moment
one party; one faction; one clique
softly; mildly; gently; politely
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
horseplay; fooling around
every ...; every other ...; at intervals of ...; with ... in between; ... apart
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
concentration; density; cardinality
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
very recently; in the very recent past
to fill a hole with earth
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to cut into (a conversation); to interject