cooperation; collaboration; association; partnership; (acting in) unison
digest; summary; abridgment
superstition; superstitious belief
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
check; restraint; oppression; repression
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
home environment; family environment
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
queen (consort); empress (consort)
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
par; equivalence; face value; parity
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
alteration; falsification; faking
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
equilibrium; good balance; poise
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
mechanism; machinery; system; structure; organization
external (hard drive, disk drive, etc.)
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics