to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
unless one ...; if one does not ...
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
steady; steady relationship; going steady
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
madness; craziness; insanity
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
this world; this life; world of the living
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
by nature; by birth; naturally; natural; innate
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation