perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
mountain road; mountain trail
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
bouncily; with a stretch; with a boing
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to settle; to finish; to bring to an end
to be settled; to be brought to an end
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
almost every day; almost daily
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
defense capability (defence)
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended
manners; behavior; behaviour
to leave in the dark; to leave out in the cold; to keep out of the loop; (lit.) to leave outside the mosquito net
worm; insect; insignificant person; pathetic person
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
to be scared (of); to be frightened (by); to be intimidated (by)
emphasizes direct object of action
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
to make one's own; to take possession of
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
marine transport; carriage by sea
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...