stepping back; drawing back
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
selection; choice; option
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
origin; beginning; source; rise
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
curse; spell; malediction
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
birth; creation; formation
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
race (of people); type of person
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
last night; yesterday evening
safecracking; safecracker
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
drill; gimlet; awl; auger
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
stringlike; thready; linear; filamentous; filiform
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
by today; before the day is over
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly