flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
to hurry; to rush; to quicken (of one's breath); to pant; to gasp (for air)
group; party; team; squad; section
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
club budget; club expense
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
(very) selfish; self-centered; self-centred; without consulting anybody (else)
senior high school student
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot
yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly
successive generations; successive emperors
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
so-so; tolerable; passable
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
new discovery; new invention
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
unauthorized; without permission; unapproved; lack of permission; absence of authorization
contraband (goods); prohibited goods
slightest connection; slender connection; sliver (e.g. of hope); one thread
coma; deep sleep; falling fast asleep
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
returning tit for tat; retaliating
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
close aide (of a powerful person); close associate; entourage; attendant; retainer
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to lose one's way; to get lost
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
feather; plume; plumage; down