to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
killing two birds with one stone
competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
jack of all trades, master of none
need for social approval and self-esteem
root; source; origin; cause
to be kind to; to treat kindly
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
to turn against; to become an enemy
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
lethality; killing effectiveness
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
unspecified large number (of people)
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
to talk; to tell; to recite; to pledge; to conspire with
degeneration; retrogression
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
display of fireworks; firework(s) display
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; huckster; faker; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise
effect; result; worth; use; avail
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour
to scribble (write quickly); to dash off
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
several times; a few times
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
age difference; disparity in age; age gap