innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
latex (milky fluid found in plants); milky lotion (cosmetic); body milk
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly; (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to have (something) innate; to be born with
every person; each one; everybody
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
huge win; overwhelming victory
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
reconnoitering party; scout (army)
very much; extremely; greatly
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
running the whole distance
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
meeting place; rendezvous (point); roll-call (assembly) point; appointed (designated) place
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new