progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to make a speech; to address
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
brushwork; handling of one's brush; command of one's pen; penmanship
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to fall; to drop; to fail (an exam); to lose (a contest, election, etc.); to be unsuccessful
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to flare up; to burst into flames
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
the opposite direction; the other way
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
the pain of separation from loved ones
being selected (for a prize, exhibition, etc.); being accepted; winning
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
posterity; future generations; future life
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
love for (one's) family; family love; familial love
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
another thing; exception; special case