proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to flush out (a hare, fox, etc.); to drive out; to drive (cattle, sheep, etc.); to urge on; to drive (to do); to urge
scarcity of eligible men; difficulty for a woman to find a man; man shortage
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
face value (of a security, bond, or currency); literal meaning; word for word (meaning); (at) face value
feeling in one's bones; foreboding; premonition; presentiment; gut feeling; gut instinct
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
freely; right and left; as one pleases
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
suspicious character (person, figure)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
background (of a case, incident, etc.)
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
incineration; destruction by fire
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
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