disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
conquest; domination; mastery
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
presence; sitting with; being with
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
slow to act; slow in starting work
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
groundless rumor (rumour)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
eagle (Accipitridae family)
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
isolation; being alone; being friendless
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
importance; emphasis; stress
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently