absence; disregard; indifference
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
so what!; who gives a damn?
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
persistence; single-mindedness
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
very interesting; of great interest
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
follower; attendant; valet; servant
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
contract; compact; agreement
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
same; similar; (just) like; equal
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
off an island; away from an island; off-island
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
rationality; reasonableness
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
this world; this life; world of the living
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that