weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
something unfinished; something incomplete; idiot
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
king of beasts (i.e. lion)
scholarly; scholastic; academic
to head home; to leave for home
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to pretend (e.g. to be a good father)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
team competition; team game
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
dice; die; baton (of command)
furious facial expression
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
to complain; to lodge a complaint
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage