to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; (lit.) with the force of surging waves
alert status; emergency alert
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
suddenly; all of a sudden
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
single word; a few words; brief comment
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
first meeting; first interview with
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
consequence; result; conclusion; apodosis
legend; folklore; tradition
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to expose one's faults; to have one's defects exposed; to show oneself up
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness; negligence
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
the opposite direction; the other way
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
a cut above; one step above
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless