secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
drama; play; powerful drug
foolish thing; stupid thing; absurdity
severely beaten up; repeatedly punched and kicked; thoroughly defeated; attacked relentlessly (with words); fiercely criticised; bombarded with verbal abuse
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
to cry softly; to sob; to weep
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to repent; to be penitent
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
drink; drinking; spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); stock market bucketing; bookmaking
to bail out (water); to scoop out
warm and snug; soft and comfortable
different item; different lot
photography; taking photographs
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
dark; not understood; unknown
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
age thirty; one's thirties
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
ascetic monk; trainee monk
spirituality; spiritual nature
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
depravity; corruption; degradation
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel