originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
skill; proficiency; dexterity; flattery
old soldier; veteran; old hand
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
section; cross section; profile
grave maintenance; grave keeper
transcendence; transcendency
modesty; humility; being humble
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person
to sell off; to dispose of
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
return to one's country; return to one's hometown
looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
divine nature; spirituality
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
surgery (branch of medicine); department of surgery
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
insanity; lack of mental capacity; (state of) non compos mentis
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
indictment; prosecution; complaint
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to become a (bad) habit; to become a habitual practice; to become addictive; to grow on one; to become moreish