secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
article; news story; report; account
newspaper story (article, account)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to ease up; to relax attention
precocity; early ripening; premature development
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
to get help; to enlist aid
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
half-human and half-beast
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
projection; reflection; image; match; harmony
to strangle; to constrict
can't be helped (of situation, reason, etc.); unavoidable
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
sharing equally (costs, profits, etc.); splitting equally
(punishment by) striking with fists
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
because; the reason why is
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
spirit; heart; disposition
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
overhasty; rash; premature
outside of one's area of expertise