suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to cultivate a better understanding
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
casually (come or go); aimlessly; abruptly; detached (from the world); aloof
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
possibly; perhaps; perchance; unintentionally; accidentally
to grimace; to make a wry face
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
self-consciousness; self-awareness
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
and so; therefore; for that reason
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
be (that) as it may; having said that
heedless of danger; braving dangers
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
to be born; to come into the world
at a young age; while still young
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic