concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
odds and ends; all; every
to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air
plural; multiple; plural (number)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
creation; birth; formation; naissance; construction
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
teacher's desk; teacher's lectern
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
these guys; these fellows
to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; (lit.) to expose (someone's) nose
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
vice; immorality; corruption
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive