expert; skilled hand; person of experience
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
perfect; complete; flawless
another; different; something else
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
intelligence operative; spy
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
personal (employee); employed; retained
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
difference in social standing; difference in social position
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
love affair; love relationship
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
solely; entirely; only; or
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
regulation; adjustment; control
at the present time; as of now; at this time
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
overestimation; overvaluing
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
bathing (swimming) in cold water
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial