sanity; consciousness; soberness
bluff; false show of power; bold front
to be badly made; to fail
direct appeal; direct petition
the moment of meeting (of two people, vehicles, etc.); the moment of running into each other; the moment of crossing paths
reconfirmation; double check
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
overlooking; turning a blind eye
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to succeed (in doing); to manage to do; to accomplish; to carry off; to pull off
proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
big leakage; uncontained leak
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to wait for an opportunity
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
beautiful eyebrows; lovely eyebrows
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
tingling; stinging; pungently
disadvantageous; long (odds)
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with someone's suggestion; to be talked into doing
self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
defence mechanism; defense mechanism
to wait for one's chance; to wait for an opportunity
alternately; by turns; one after the other
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
at this stage; at this point; (only) now