to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
vanishing from sight (usu. via magic, camouflage. etc.); disappearing; hiding
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
since; henceforth; ever since
dirty work; unpleasant task
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
just one person; only one
joining a company; getting a job with a company; starting work at a company
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
praise; glorification; extolment
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
successfully; nicely; skillfully
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
innocent; childlike; guileless; free of malice; thoughtless; simple-minded
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
to be intimate with; to befriend
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith (and marrow)
each place; various places
to unfold; to unroll; to open
war; battle; match; game; competition
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade