opposite side; other side; other party
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
main cause; primary factor
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
magician; conjurer; illusionist
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
with a start; with a jump
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
modular bath; prefabricated bath
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
younger people; future generations
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to turn completely into; to become completely
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point