negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
innocent; cherubic; childlike
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
at once; immediately; right now
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to strangle; to constrict
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
one's share; one's portion
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
half the body; half length
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
I wonder about that; don't bet on it; famous last words
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
inside one's heart; in one's mind
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
to smirk; to grin broadly
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre