specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to become frayed; to become loose
with a momentary flash of light
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
right in the middle (of); midst; height
people; citizens; subjects; folk
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
reduction by half; halving
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
hegemony; leadership; initiative
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
to be silent; to say nothing
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
nothing but; none other than
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
even more; still more; further
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
a long time ago; in those days
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
episode; anecdote; vignette
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration