two people riding together (on a bike, etc.); riding double
prohibition; inhibition; ban
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
safely; without incident; without mishap; in peace; peacefully; quietly
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
deep emotion; strong feelings
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
ascending and descending; going up and down
way of speaking; profession
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
yoo-hoo; halloo; hi-de-ho; howdy; hey
with a tap; with a knock; smoothly (proceed); without a hitch; even; equal
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument
to exert oneself greatly; to take pains; to make efforts; to break a bone
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
both (people); the two of them
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
doing as one is told; yes-man
to subsist; to keep on living
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
to be cleared of a charge
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.