practice of what one person says count

treat somebody with courtesy

cure a poisoned patient with poison

with a glib tongue

a strange combination of circumstances

treat all on the same footing

untouched(be left intact)

depart from the world forever

achieve instant fame

swarm as flies do for good or hang round as dogs do for food

clear off(finish off)

have half … baked knowledge

read from beginning to end without stopping

fixed and unchangeable

professinal skill(speciality)

in a state of disunity like a sheet of loose sand

forethought

(of a person) definite in his opinion; (of a shape) sharp and clearcut

the Foolish old Man who removed the macntains

retreat in order to advance