to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
to enclose; to corral; to fence in; to pen in
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
exclusive; attached to; specialist
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward
cardinal (Catholic Church)
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier