ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
settlement; conclusion; summary
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
like a decent person; human
"it was all a dream"-ending
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
on one hand; on the other hand
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
opinion; point of view; visual point
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
point (of a story, argument, etc.); point (e.g. in stock exchange movement); percentage point; switch; points; point; site
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
bodily sensation; sense; experience
failure; mistake; blunder
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
in the face of; in defiance of
another language; different languages
passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend