very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
irradiation; radiation; beaming; exposure (to light); illumination
split; division; break up
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
rocky outcrop; jumble of rocks
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
personage; person (deserving of respect)
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
outside of one's area of expertise
chance (of success); odds
one-sided; partial; unfair
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
battle of wits; contest of wits
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
Bupleurum root; Radix Bupleuri
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
to rank next to; to come after
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)