ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
finding employment; getting a job
to fight against; to oppose; to face
natural features; topography; climate; spiritual features
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
national traits or character; nationality
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to call in; to invite; to bring in
matter of time; question of time
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
untouched; unused; intact
import; importation; introduction; afferent
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
bipolarization; bipolarisation
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to squeeze out; to wring out
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
critical moment; do-or-die situation
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
vein (of ore); reef; streak; lode
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of