advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
lion's den; very dangerous place or situation; (lit.) tiger's den
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
to call; to summon; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to buy
as stated; verbatim; literally
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
retention; maintenance; preservation
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
direction of travel; direction of movement
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
several hundred; hundreds (of)
big frame; large figure; huge body
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to hear; to be told; to know; to receive (order); to undertake; to comply
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
to be conspicuous; to stand out
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
end; close; conclusion; termination
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
one shot; one charge; one blow; one punch; home run; one try; one attempt
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
long distance; long range; long distance relationship
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication