spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to join together; to combine; to join up
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
faultfinding; carping; quibbling; cavilling; caviling
rationality; reasonableness
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
to think (something) strange
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
guess; conjecture; surmise
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
(very) patient; persevering
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
degree of familiarity; popularity
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
helping hand; help; support; aid
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice