concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
to form a pair; to pair up
to probe someone's real intentions; to sound someone out; to try to fathom someone's thoughts
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
smooth (skin, stone, etc.); sleek; velvety; silky
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
ambidexterity; ambidextrous person
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
my apologies; I'm sorry; excuse me
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to eat too much; to overeat
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
difficult to eat; unpalatable
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
anecdote; brief (comic) story
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
to consult with; to discuss; to confer; to deliberate
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
systematic; regular; routine
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood