advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
established theory; accepted opinion; accepted explanation
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
someone viewed with hatred; object of one's hostility
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to arrive home; to return
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
credibility; authenticity; confidence; reliability
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
to blame; to find fault with
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
return; relapse; recurrence
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
patriarch; head of a family
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
offender; criminal; culprit
source of information; intelligence source; message source
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
question of where responsibility lies; issue of where liability lies; question of who is responsible
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
several minutes; a few minutes
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services