borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
young girl; lass; adolescent female
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
(air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
electricity; (electric) light
district; section; sector
as (for); for; in the capacity of
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
looking away; looking aside
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to not take seriously; to take lightly
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
striking; remarkable; considerable
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
after a long time; for the first time in a while