innocent; cherubic; childlike
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
shameless; shameless person
fair exchange; equivalent exchange; exchange of equal value
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
than; other than; except; but
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
reason; cause; circumstances
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
up until now; as recently as the present
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
thickly; stickily; viscously
to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to shave off; to scrape off
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
to be affected; to put on airs; to pose
intensive; concentrated; focused
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion