possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
maximum; max; mux (multiplexor)
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
irony of fate; twist of fate
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
vista; background; perspective; distant view
wind-wrought pattern on the sands
morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)
leather shoes; leather boots
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
capable of anything; liable to do
open-top car; convertible; soft-top
all night; throughout the night
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
gas station; petrol station
drive-through (shop, etc.)
MacDonald; Macdonald; Mcdonald; McDonald's (fast food chain)
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
Boys (The Shirelles song)
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
practical; realistic; pragmatic
loafer; free-loader; tramp; unemployed person
homeless people (living on the street)
all night; the whole night
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
be (that) as it may; having said that
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)