leading; guiding; commanding
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
same generation; one's generation
to be shrouded in mist; to be enveloped in fog
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
reserve corps; flying squadron
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to stop communicating; to never be heard from again; to disappear; to go missing
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
analogy; analogical reasoning; analogical inference; analogy
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
to explain adequately; to be accountable
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
to entwine; to follow about
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing