insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
calling by name; designation; nomination
to investigate; to examine
to become desperate; to give in to despair
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
incompetent; no-talent; worthless person; dimwit; incompetence
bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
subordination; dependency
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
death (of an emperor); demise
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to commit a crime; to do evil
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
madness; craziness; insanity
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
blow; hit (on the body); beating
mastery; learning through experience; realization; realisation; comprehension
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
maid; helper; help; assistance
little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
reason; logic; sense; truth; right