hearsay; learning by hearsay
to spread; to be propagated
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
advantage; advantage (in soccer, rugby, etc.); advantage rule; advantage (in tennis)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
restoration; repair; mending
corridor; hallway; passageway
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
fighter (for); militant; champion (of); boxer
(black) magic; witchcraft; sorcery
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
magic; sorcery; wizardry; magic (illusion); conjuring
rest; break; recess; intermission
recommendation; endorsement
stipulation; prescription; normal (unit of normality); compulsory exercise (in gymnastics); compulsory routine
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
invitation; introduction; temptation
popular; well-liked; common; frequent; popular music; pop music
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
sense of values; values; value system
dissection; autopsy; postmortem examination; analysis; postmortem
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
much less; to say nothing of
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
region; limits; stage; level
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)