background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
street at night; making a night journey
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
hostility; animosity; enmity
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
curtain; hanging; bunting
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
hostility; antagonism; opposition
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
serious; not joking; straight
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
and; thereupon; because of that
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
nonchalantly; without a care
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself