secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
depths (of an art, one's mind, etc.); heart; inner mysteries; profound; deep; esoteric
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
wriggling; squirming; writhing; maneuvering (behind the scenes; of insignificant people); manoeuvring; planning mischief
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
systematic; organized; organizational
(a place) within one's reach
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to be dizzy; to be disoriented; to be dazzled; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.)
oppression; suppression; pressure
transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
self-deprecating; self-mocking
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
personality; style; appearance
easy to read; legible; clear
earthly paradise; heaven on earth
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
... years old; age (of) ...
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
yours sincerely; respectfully yours