feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
for (some) doubtful points to remain
machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to have a talk; to tell a story
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
relation; connection; relevance
fall; drop; descent; coming down
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to explain adequately; to be accountable
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
steel; sword steel; sword
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
to wind (thread, film, etc.)
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
already; now; no longer; not any more
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
storehouse; warehouse; godown
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion