please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
operation scar; scar from an operation
sewing together; stitching up (a wound); suture
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
customary practice; habit; traditional event
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
since one was born; (in) all one's life
starting late; late departure
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
weightlifting; weight lifting
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
department store; department
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
magician; conjurer; illusionist
smallish; on the small side
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
introductory text; introductory essay
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
dye; dyestuff; coloring agent
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to reject (a manuscript); to turn down (a proposal)