planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)
power of the state; government authority
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
member of the Lower House
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
10,000,000,000; ten billion
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
being frank; going so far as to say
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
empirical; from experience
source (e.g. quotation); authority
nesting hole; burrow; den
most important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work; masterpiece
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to translate; to interpret
Roman mythology; Roman myths