to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
to face (a situation); to encounter; to be confronted with
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
encounter; engagement; battle
upper reaches of a river; upstream
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
complete change; about-face
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
spring water; clear (pure) water
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.