meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to pierce through; to break through
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
arrest; apprehension; capture
influential person; man of importance
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
judgment; judgement; discernment
change; transition; vicissitudes
mutual understanding; agreement of wills
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
busy; having no (free) time
to stir; to mix; to banter; to make fun of (what a person says); to stir up
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
sobriety; soberness; sober face
to do together; to share; to participate in
additionally; in addition
recovery; undoing; recall
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs