full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
somewhere to go; place to go
setting a bad example to others
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
external; superficial; outward; surface
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
centre of attention; center of attention
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
piercing (cold); biting (wind)
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
nonchalant air; unruffled air
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
excess flesh; surplus fat; flab
probe each other; sound each other out
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
to cut off (a relationship)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
to make one's rounds; to patrol
material witness; suspect
variation; rogue (something)
to explain adequately; to be accountable
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject