give-and-take; give and take
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
and; thereupon; because of that
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
reserve; modesty; hesitation; abhorrence; repugnance; loathing
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
you could say that; that might be so
being somewhat excited (agitated)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
advance; moving forward; progress
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
things to note; matters that require attention; important points; considerations; precautions; suggestions
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
secret; private; surreptitious
to change (one's clothes)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
to emboss; to carve in relief; to bring to the fore; to accentuate; to throw into relief
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
interference; intervention; meddling
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
outside ...; beyond ...; not included in ...
official history; authorized history
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
one breath; chug!; drink!
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum