wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
greatest treasure; most valuable asset; pride (of)
one of these days; someday; one day
to rank next to; to come after
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
naked eye; the physical eye
bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.); cornice; rickrack; ricrac; pleated shape; accordion pleats
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle
last century; ancient times
to make one's own; to take possession of
matter of time; question of time
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
research; investigation; enquiry; inquiry; study
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
cannot be compared with; no match for
federation; federal state; United States of America
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
rolled letter paper; roll of paper
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about