guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
regiment of military policemen
to be in imminent peril; to be in imminent danger
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
concession; conciliation; compromise
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
classic example; classic case; textbook example; representative example; typical case
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
as; because; with; due to
general statement; outline
teacher; instructor; professor
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
barren land; sterile soil; wasteland
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
(within a) territory; domains
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown