table tennis club; ping-pong club
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
inclination; tendency; nature; character
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
cache; place to hide something
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
underground; subterranean
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
being watchful; keeping watch; keeping an eye open
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
battlefield; battleground
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
extra-large (clothing size); XL; language laboratory; LL
to go past; to pass; to pass by
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
the way back; the way home; return trip
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
to break the silence; to break one's silence
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point