steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
to encamp; to take up positions
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to be reminded of; to call to mind
members; member; constituent
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
brain waves; electroencephalogram; EEG
someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
dispersing; breaking up; running away
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
forgetting; lapse of memory
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
appearance; figure; shape; form
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
pure and innocent; immaculate
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
(appropriate for) one's age
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
this for sure; certainly is
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to take someone's life; to kill someone