to feel to be none the wiser | not to be wiser | |
shortcomings | limitations, small drawbacks, faults | |
to spur | to strongly encourage | |
acumen | sharpness of one's mind | |
regimen | a set of rules | |
to exonerate | to free sb of guilt | |
a proxy | sb that is an authority and represents you | |
scant | hardly enough, limited | |
to languish | to exist/ to lack vitality | |
to dissipate | to cause to vanish | |
pernicious | harmful, detrimental | |
to linger | to remain/ to hesitate/ ot be reluctant | |
to germinate | to cause to start growing | |
undergrowth | small trees, bushes growing closely on the ground | |
to subvert | to destroy the authority of the system, to corrupt | |
to belong to a mainstream | not to be a hipster | |
to cloak | to hide, to cover | |
chunky | (of a man) stocky and rather short, well-built | |
to deem | to consider | |
unwittingly | unintentionally | |
to strike a chord with sb | to say sth that other people identify with | |
a forerunner | sth/sb that is the first in its kind/introduces sth | |
amicable | friendly | |
feud | quarrel thet takes long and is never forgotten | |