on bad terms; at loggerheads
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
craving for the limelight
intention; aim; preference (for); orientation (towards a goal)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
everybody; every last one of them; all
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to hide; to keep to oneself
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
occasional; infrequent; rare
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
in the same way as; just like
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
terrain; geographical features; topography
law-like nature; regularity
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
and (also); both ... and; as well as
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
classification; categorization; sorting
fascinating; voluptuous; bewitching; captivating
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach