to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
some people; a few people; several people
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
fighting in numerous battles
to make amends; to compensate for; to make up for
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
rising; ascending; climbing
region; limits; stage; level
old body; aged person; elderly person
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
scientific capability; scientific ability (e.g. of a student); scientific strength (e.g. of a country); level of technological development
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
founder of a religious sect
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be