close call; narrow escape
solution; solution strategy
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
camera shake; picture blur; deviation; slight shifting
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
to be a good match (for); to stand a chance (against); to be able to compete (with); to hold one's own
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
to kill; to choke the life out of
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
a long time ago; long ago
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
staying in the air; remaining airborne
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
remaining quantity; residual quantity
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
condition; situation; prospects
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon