self-education; self-instruction; self-study
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
consumption; expenditure; spending
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel; castor; caster
to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
to some extent; to a certain extent
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
elder sister; effeminate man
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool-headed; cool (i.e. fashionable or stylish); course (of medical treatment)
to be helpful; to be useful
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to change facial expression or color (due to anger, embarrassment, etc.)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption