after a long time; for the first time in a while
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
to start an act (of a play); to have curtains open; to have an (event, period of history, etc.) start
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
lottery; raffle; drawing (of lots)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
every year; yearly; annually
one digit; one column; the "ones" column
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea); sweet hydrangea leaf; hydrangea tea
the other day; a few days ago
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about