special selection; finest pick; top pick
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to go underground; to go into hiding
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
jewel; precious stone; gem
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
stationing (troops); occupancy
to hide; to conceal oneself
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
hemoptysis; coughing up blood; lung hemorrhage (haemorrhage)
to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
desperation; struggle to the death
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
crazy; mad; devoid of reason