preparations for a journey
apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
step-up; advance; progress; increase
destruction; collapse; crumbling
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
stale; hackneyed; cliched
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
wet; moist; soft-hearted; tender-hearted; sentimental
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
active; positive; progressive
passive; negative; conservative; depolarization
to detain; to check; to restrain
lease agreement; rental contract
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
continuing from beginning to end; continuous run; appetizer; starter; performance of an entire play
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
the good fortune to have been born male
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
snack (to have with a drink); side dish
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
difficult to ...; hard to ...
with (the sound of) clashing swords; (arguing) fiercely; heatedly; vehemently
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)