technique; art; skill; move
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
practice; practising; experience
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to appease; to suppress; to calm
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
how; in what way; by what means
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
only; merely; but; no more than
hostility; antagonism; opposition
crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
secret; private; surreptitious
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
scoundrel; rascal; villain
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
difficult to ...; hard to ...
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
that is to say; so that means