test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to pass (of time); to elapse
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
while; during (the time when)
rising; ascending; climbing
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
in order; in turn; one by one
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
already; now; no longer; not any more
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
higher rank; better position
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
free time; time at leisure
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
at first; initially; in the beginning
one's possessions; ownership
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer