specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to relate at great length; to dwell eloquently (on)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
audience; attendance; hearers
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
pointing out; identification
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to push aside; to push one's way through
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
gazing at (in wonderment)