insight; power of observation
to polish up; to shine up
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
how; in what way; in what manner
just one person; only one
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to become calm; to die down
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to move forward; to move on
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
froufrou; frou frou; frilly decoration; Furfur; Furtur; mythical great Earl of Hell
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
sincere; honest; faithful
anything and everything; just about everything
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
race (of people); type of person
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
outcast; odd man out; pariah
(of a couple) fighting and splitting up