reason; cause; circumstances
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to throw at; to turn; to raise
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
offender; criminal; culprit
to be found; to be discovered
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
destruction; collapse; crumbling
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
perception; sensing; noticing
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
otherwise; or else; if not
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
your husband; her husband
scale; scope; plan; structure
casualties; the killed and wounded
large number (of); many; majority
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
outsider; someone outside of a group
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
putting into operation; invocation