basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
supplementary classes or lectures
work clothes; business suit
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
high laced shoes or boots
upper half of the body; upper body
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
influence; clout; leverage
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
a tiny bit; just a smidgin; a wee bit; very slightly
place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
strong point; selling point; forte; specialty; attraction
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
everybody; every last one of them; all
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
smallish; on the small side
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
basin (e.g. between mountains)
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
to keep secret; to conceal
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom