contract; compact; agreement
newcomer; initiate; rookie
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
trifling; trivial; slight
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
experiment; experimentation
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
oppressive pain; tenderness; pressure pain
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
air hole; windhole; air vent; deep cave from which cold wind blows
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
rushing into; breaking into; storming; plunging into (war, etc.); embarking on (a new venture)
repenting; improving one's nature
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
nature; the natural world; realm of nature