to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
double; twice (as much); twofold
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
how; in what way; by what means
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)