provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; last-ditch effort
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
standing close together; bristling (with)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
(circular) tour; round trip; excursion
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
how much; how many; to what extent
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
to catch one's attention; to catch one's ear; to be annoying to one's ear
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
low-rise (jeans, panties, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
mountain climbing; mountaineering; ascent of a mountain
lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to triumph; to be elated with success
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to be thoroughly attracted by; to be completely fascinated by
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise