cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
extraterrestrial life; ET
box-office takings; box-office revenue
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
a long time ago; long before now
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to fight to the bitter end
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
super work; tremendous work; spectacular; blockbuster
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
movie; film; motion picture
a step; short distance; short time
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
Churchill; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965; British prime minister)
meal set before one; women's advances
vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye
baton (of command); order; command; direction
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis