skillful; clever; versatile; handy
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to pay attention; to be watchful
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
old friend; old acquaintance
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
unexpected meeting; coincidence
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
compliance; conformance; adaptation; (immediate) response; (rapid) reaction
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
slim; slender; slight; delicate
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level
region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
weakening; emaciation; decline
restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to know (someone); to think; to believe