board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
drama; theatre; theater; play
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
sharply; harshly; stingingly
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
accession to the throne; enthronement
despotic government; autocracy
human intellect; knowledge
strict; rigid; exact; fair; impartial
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
villain; baddie; the villain's part
remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
audacious; daring; bold; throaty (voice); rough; deep
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
evil design; crafty plan; plot
understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth; (feeling of) resignation
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; (lit.) to bend one's knee
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
pretense; affectation; showiness
stirring; rousing oneself
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to talk to oneself; to mutter
blood-forming medicine; hematopoietics
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to sew together; to stitch together; to sew up; to switch up
infectious disease; infection
natural healing power; self-healing power; spontaneous cure
machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
two colours; two varieties; two types
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
to paint in different colors (for different purposes) (colours)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
like a part of the family
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation