scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
chloridation; salification; chloride
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
... years old; age (of) ...
(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
(being from the) same town (province, birthplace, etc.)
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
being startled; getting a shock
room to let; room for rent
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
muddy water; red-light district
to beat someone at their own game; to outdo someone in their specialty
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
stepping back; drawing back
smart-alecky; clever-clever; cheeky; cunning; crafty; shrewd
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider