bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to memorize; to fix in memory; to master
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
form; shape; figure; visage
outward appearance; apparent
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
using as an intermediary; through
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
to lure someone; to entice someone
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
is never the case; has never happened
back off!; leave me alone!
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
to paste; to stick on with glue; to starch (e.g. a shirt); to scrape a living
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be able to manage somehow or another
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
beyond this point; from now on; after this
how long; how much; to what extent
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
rather; sooner; preferably