subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
such ... as; or some such
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
imagination; supposition; guess
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
individual; private person; personal; private