training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
strength training; resistance training; muscle-building
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
being startled; getting a shock
innocence; mind free of obstructive thoughts; detachment; insentient; pestering (someone for money, etc.); asking
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
observation; survey; watching
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
presentation techniques; way of showing something
granted that; even if; even though
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
curiosity; inquisitiveness
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely