meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
lumping together; putting all together
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
nothing but; none other than
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
reduction by half; halving
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
fuel consumption; gas mileage
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
existing alongside (each other); mixture; intermingling
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
to fire (from a job); to sack; to dismiss
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
fully prepared; all ready
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
both; both sides; both parties