to need; to call for; to require
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
then; well; so; well then
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
advance payment; money paid in advance
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
study group; study meeting
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
stark naked; completely naked; nude
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to put on (clothing); (lit.) to put (one's arms) through the sleeves
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
opposite side; opposition
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
panty-less; wearing no underwear
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to unfold; to unroll; to open
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement; views that never cross
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover