driving skill; one's skill as a driver
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
travelling (basketball rule); traveling
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
prevention; precaution; protection against
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
attention seeker; look-at-me
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
an inch ahead; the immediate future
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
future years; in (one's) later years
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
observatory; observation post
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
development; exploitation
to be titled (e.g. a book); to be named
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
exploration party; expedition team
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual