skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
good performance; good work; great success
future (usually near); prospects
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
is something that; is that which
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
failed creative work; flop; dud; bomb
world history; international history
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
Mesopotamian civilization (civilisation)
all right; very well; okay; I got it
all right; very well; okay; I got it
war; fighting; fierce competition
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to jump up and down; to hop