outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
stagnation; hindrance; delay
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise
to be free; to be available
practice; practising; training; study
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
perfect; complete; flawless
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to pass (of time); to elapse
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
one's physical safety; personal security
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
firm; unshakeable; resolute
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to creep about; to crawl around
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to appease; to suppress; to calm
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
metal fittings; metal fixtures