Stripping bare and revealing nothing

Glossary of difficult words

bare - naked; 

to harass - to subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation; 

to foil - to prevent from succeeding; 

Česká pozice - sorry, we could not provide a direct link to the article due to an encoding problem in the use of Czech quotation marks in the address; 

red tape - excessive bureaucracy or adherence to rules and formalities; 

nemesis - opponent, adversary; 

to skim - to steal or embezzle money, esp. in small amounts over a period of time; 

shenanigans - secret or dishonest activity or maneuvering.