private pupil; apprentice
to backfire; to have a harmful result
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
conduct; behavior; behaviour
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
earthly paradise; Shangri-la
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
nothing but; none other than
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
this (very thing); this precisely
to satisfy the requirements
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
evil spirit; demon; devil
higher rank; better position
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to make an appeal; to urge
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to retreat; to withdraw; to deduct
handle; grip; holder; person who holds
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
to brush off; to shake off
to perceive; to understand
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
make; workmanship; preparation
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
the same rank; equality; apposition