somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
final; eventual; ultimate
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
for example; for instance; e.g.
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
(opening of a) wound; cut
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting