partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
document; official papers
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
clearly; distinctly; vividly
to put into the mouth; to eat
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
no matter how much time passes
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
middle period; medium-term
craftsman; skilled artisan
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
handmade object; craftwork; handmade
artistry; artistic quality; artistic character
practicality; utility; usefulness
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus