applicant; candidate; volunteer
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
murder; homicide; manslaughter
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
contradiction; inconsistency
society; the world; the times
person who has great confidence (faith) in himself
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
calm; composed; cool; quiet
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
likability; favorability; popularity
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
to take away; to carry away