serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
but; however; provided that
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
secret; hidden; unseen; inward
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; courtesy visit (to offer condolences, say congratulations, pay respect, introduce oneself, etc.)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
one more time; once more; once again
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission