to knead well; to polish; to refine
to conclude; to decide; to determine; to judge
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
person who is ignorant of the real world; (lit.) frog in a well
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
job application form; employee satisfaction
proficiency; mastery; competence; becoming proficient (in)
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
great speed; recklessly fast speed
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
machine translation; automatic translation; MT
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to scrape off; to plane off
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
postponement; moving to a later date
league match; league game; league series; round robin
exceptional measures; measures for exceptional cases; preferential measure
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage