ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to name; to call; to christen; to term
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
convenient; handy; useful
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
personal (employee); employed; retained
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to press a question; to cross-examine
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
in plain words; in plain terms; put simply
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
ten; 10; ten years of age
technical prowess; technical ability; technical finesse; technological prowess; technological capabilities
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
fully armed; armed to the teeth
training; drill; practice; discipline
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
general idea; concept; notion
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
bodily sensation; sense; experience
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation