to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to gain; to earn (for oneself); to win
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
ceremonial; ritual; ritualistic; formal
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
dozens; scores of; decades
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
to shout (in anger); to yell
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
secondary; of secondary importance
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
pointing out; identification
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
no big deal; no match; not worth worrying about
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap
to overflow from something full
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
shyness; bashfulness; shame
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
anything and everything; just about everything
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate