to backfire; to have a harmful result
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
to be injured; to sustain a wound
eloquent; glib; talkative; smooth talker; glib talker
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
retort; back talk; backchat
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
employment (long term); hire
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
misrepresentation; false statement
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
directions; instructions; orders; command
troubled face; worried expression
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
childish; child-like; innocent; naive
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
outside the country; abroad
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
unable to resist; unable to suppress
ability; capability; skill