always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
being startled; getting a shock
sincere; honest; faithful
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
imprudence; indiscretion; thoughtlessness
to knock down; to knock out
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
experience is the best teacher; custom makes all things easy; you learn best by doing; practice makes perfect; (lit.) it is better to grow accustomed than to be taught
container; case; receptacle; coffin; casket
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to say too much; to go too far
to employ; to hire (a servant)
to entertain; to make welcome
to hide; to conceal oneself
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
coexistence; living together
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
to anticipate; to foresee