neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to blow off; to be blown off
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
later on; eventually; afterwards
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
immediately; right away; on the spot
selection; choice; picking out
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity