to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to come to one's senses; to calm down
in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
semibasement; semi-basement
storehouse; warehouse; godown
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)