secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
disadvantageous; long (odds)
soft sound; dampening (of sound)
to use someone's (argument, attack) against them; to use (an attack) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a negative situation)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
losing initiative; being forestalled; moving second; person with the second move; gote; move that does not require an immediate response from the opponent
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
unusual space; other dimension
charming figure; alluring figure
movements; bearing; deportment; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
quickly; calmly; intently
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to treat shabbily; to be careless about; to handle roughly; to waste; to use wastefully; to spend recklessly
abandoned child; foundling
biological parent; real parent
unusual power; superpower; ability beyond that of humans
-less; lacking; non-existing
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
to form a circle; to stand in a circle
(there is) no sign (of); leaving no trace; nowhere to be seen
some time ago; the other day
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about