starting work (on); setting to work (on); commencing (a crime); playing (a move)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
briskly; quickly; promptly
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
eyes mismatched in colour (color)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
I don't know; I don't understand
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)
phase transition; phase change; phase transformation
rot; decay; corrosion; etching; saprophagy
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignity
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)
killing and wounding; bloodshed
diversion; putting something to another use
war; fighting; fierce competition
to paint; to spread; to plaster; to apply (cream, lotion); to smear; to lacquer
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
Judgment Day (as described in Christian tradition)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
older employee who does not have much actual work