ignorance; innocence; stupidity
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
smelting furnace; blast furnace
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
passing mark; qualifying marks (score)
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
class; heading; group; category
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
home area; home town; local
course; route; path; process; means
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
registration; positioning
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to overdo; to do too much
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
pile (fabric, nuclear reactor, structural support, etc.)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
practicality; utility; usefulness
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
proper; right; reasonable
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier