hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to make; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare; to get ready; to dress (oneself in)
to overdo; to do too much
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
emotion; feeling; atmosphere; mood; spirit
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
priority level; degree of relative priority
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
presentation (of a gift, prize, etc.)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
one's person; around one's person
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
could result in (something undesirable); might end up (doing, happening); run the risk of
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
to become settled; to be fixed
thorough; exhaustive; complete