influence; clout; leverage
even though; despite; notwithstanding
sprinkling; dropping in small light bits
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
food and drink; eating and drinking
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around
for dear life; barely escaping alive
it's not like; it isn't as if
older employee who does not have much actual work
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
to shave off; to scrape off
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
ramification; branching off