woman; lady; adult female
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
interview (with a doctor); history taking
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
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
nucleus; backbone; medium-level; mid-level; main body (of troops); crack troops
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to escape death; to be saved from death
caller; visitor; company; guest
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
enemy territory; hostile place
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
pride; boast; credit (to)
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to search for; to seek for; to look for
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself
to hold (something) reverently with both hands
on the occasion of; at the time of
genius; prodigy; natural gift
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
(death from) starvation; starving to death