promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
whoopie; yee-haw; noise made when celebrating
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
himself; yourself; herself
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
technique; art; skill; move
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
delivery (of a package, goods, etc.)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to be injured; to sustain a wound