witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator
station; office; guardroom
training range; training grounds; training area
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
frame; framework; outline
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
stepping back; drawing back
appointment; rendezvous; date
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
end; tip; extremities; terminal
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
adherent; devotee; believer
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
foe; opponent; adversary; dissenter
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
technical (e.g. discussion); exclusive; professional
having ended; being resolved
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
visual confirmation; sighting