to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
leadership; initiative; spearhead
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
obscure; vague; ambiguous
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
interference; intervention; meddling
this (very thing); this precisely
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
temporary name; provisional name
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
established practice; custom
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
under control (e.g. of territory)
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
unique; individual; original; unusual
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart