strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
old friend; familiar face
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
course; route; path; process; stages
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
principal occupation; core business
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
job-related; operational; business; in the course of one's work
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
dispute; argument; contention
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
infant; baby; little child
both; both sides; both parties
is something that; is that which
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
Italian; Italian food; Italian cuisine
pie; tart; palmier (pastry)
at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling