secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
favorite; favourite; habitually used
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
to satisfy the requirements
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
directionality; directivity
special training; intensive training; crash course
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
baton (of command); order; command; direction
complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation
everyone at once; everyone together
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
triumphant pose assumed by an athlete
inadvertently; for no special reason; truthfully; unexpectedly; after realizing; without knowing
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
to badger; to pester; to beg
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
to fail; to screw up; to stuff up
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns