departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
to slide into; to slip into
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
cache; place to hide something
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
aging; wearing out; deterioration
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
speaking voice; talking voice
front entrance; front door
offender; criminal; culprit
(arch.) gourd; (arch.) calabash; (arch.) bottle gourd; dried gourd, used as flask
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
in terms of; from the point of view of
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
feminine; womanly; female
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(electric) torch; flashlight
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
stepwise; one step at a time
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
course; route; path; process; means
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)