trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
alright; of no concern; unproblematic; okay; fine
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
falling in love; attachment
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
looter; thief at the scene of a fire; someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
word for word; verbatim; literally
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
in the same way as; just like
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
to become keen on; to get passionate about
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
to settle (in a place); to settle down
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
complicated and mysterious
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance