How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
traverse (in mountain climbing or skiing)
statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
deceased father; late father
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
15th day of the month; 15 days
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
difficult problem; challenge
Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
leopard (Panthera pardus)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
spy; secret agent; spying
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
progress; advance; improvement; development
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
landing ship; amphibious warfare ship
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
discretion; discretionary power
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking