aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
headquarters; head office; main office
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
hairline; borders of the hair
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
last night; yesterday evening
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
stolen goods; loot; spoils
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
band of robbers; gang of thieves
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming