shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time
silent (esp. of the passing of the night); piercing (cold)
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
trusting too much; overestimating ability
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
phrase; phrase; strawberry
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
in terms of; from the point of view of
very likely; very probable
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
hostility; antagonism; opposition
agreement; stipulation; contract
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to be flexible; to be accommodating
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
advantage; point in favor; point in favour