ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
besides; moreover; in addition
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
short and stout; small but wide around
uncalled-for remark; impertinent remark
no exception; without exception; always the same
human intellect; knowledge
appearance; expression; manifestation
deductive reasoning; deduction
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
from the viewpoint of; according to
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
McDonald's (fast food restaurant); Mac (personal computer); Macintosh
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
war; fighting; fierce competition
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
major; lieutenant commander; wing commander
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature