back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to think of; to come up with
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
carbon fiber; carbon fibre
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
not worth considering; out of the question
instability; insecurity; crankiness
staying in the air; remaining airborne
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
scrutiny; scanning; taking a good look
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
departure (of a train, car, etc.); starting; leaving
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)