nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; brazen person; shameless person; impudent person
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to be impolite; to be discourteous
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
about; on; regarding; per; for every
(not) readily; (not) easily; (not) right away; (not) simply; (not) without difficulty
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
impossible to do (although wants to)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
difficult to ...; hard to ...
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
to take someone's life; to kill someone
consideration; taking into account
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to go crazy; to become romantically or sexually involved (with someone)
being very busy; busyness
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
with a single blow; with one stroke
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
by today; before the day is over
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless
practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
so; therefore; and; (and) then