reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
nothing but; none other than
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
for the first time in one's life
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
several hundred; hundreds (of)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
higher rank; better position
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
mob; the masses; rabble; all things in nature; the whole creation
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
likely loss; probable defeat
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
as expected; as predicted
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
match declared drawn due to injury; ending with both sides suffering damage (of a dispute, etc.)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached