vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
preparatory phase; preparatory period
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
terrain; geographical features; topography
slapping hands in front of the opponent's face to confuse him
somehow; for some reason or other
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
frame-by-frame playback; frame advance; frame-by-frame advance; film drive (camera)
as you see; as you can see
replay speed; playback speed; refresh rate
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
stating (one's views); expressing
common knowledge; well-known fact
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
forgetting; lapse of memory
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
both schools; both universities
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
great difference; big difference; wide margin
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
double; twice (as much); twofold
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
performing without rehearsal
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair