brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
aboard a vehicle; in a car; on a train
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
distinction; differentiation; classification
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
one chance; only opportunity
long-awaited; much-awaited
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
centre of gravity (center); centroid; barycenter; (one's) balance
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
study; learning; tutorial
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
that is to say; so that means
principle; theory; fundamental truth
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
place; room; margin; scope
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
several times; once or twice
seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences