knowing only too well; being fully aware of
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
short and stout; small but wide around
sense of smell; olfaction
conviction; belief; confidence
to become pale; to turn pale
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
close; intimate; on good terms
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
strangulation (with the hands or arms)
around the end of (a period of time)
homecoming; returning home
this spring; spring this year
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there